A person died and two others were injured by the collapse from the roof of a living place in it municipality Hill from the capital of Cuba, local authorities reported this Saturday.
The Municipal Administration Council of Cerro in Havana He stated on his social networks that the incident occurred in the early hours of this Friday when a wall fell on the roof of a house in that town.
facebookThe intense rains of recent days and the precarious construction conditions in Cuba, especially in Havana, are the main cause of the collapses.
This would be the fourth confirmed collapse this week alone after those reported on Thursday, when a balcony fell on a cafeteria in the Havana neighborhood of Vedado, causing three injuries.
Another similar event occurred on Friday morning when the top of a two-story house collapsed, although no one was injured.
The housing situation is one of the main socioeconomic problems in Cuba, particularly in Havana, the most populated province with 2.1 million inhabitants.
Official data indicate that Havana has 185,348 properties in poor condition, of which 83,878 need partial repair and 46,158 require capital reform.
In addition, 43,854 homes are needed for victims of previous collapses – who reside in state shelters -, as well as another 11,458 houses due to the increase in the population in the city.
Cuba, a country of about eleven million inhabitants, has more than 3.9 million homes, of which 37 percent are in fair and poor technical condition, according to official figures.
The country needs around 20 percent more homes than it currently has built and has accumulated a deficit of around 800,000 houses.
The country’s real estate stock is deteriorated due to the shortage of materials and the lack of maintenance, both fruits of the economic crisis that the country is suffering, and the scourge of natural disasters such as hurricanes.
With information from EFE
