A few months after the January 1959 victory and following two days of work by the Council of Ministers, the Urban Reform Law and the Law on Tenement Houses and Recreational Properties were enacted.

Their leading purpose was to return ownership of homes to the families who lived there, prohibit evictions, and guarantee decent housing for every citizen.

According to historians, the Moncada Program, part of Fidel Castro’s self-defense efforts following the attacks on the Moncada Garrison and the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Garrison, both in eastern Cuba, was formally implemented on October 14, 1960.

Land ownership and exploitation, industrialization, unemployment, education, health, and housing were identified as key areas of work to transform the nation’s reality.

The Urban Reform Law had precedents in similar legal instruments enacted by the Revolutionary Government, such as the suspension and reduction of rents and the creation of the National Institute of Savings and Housing (INAV).

Due to its implementation and other measures adopted, the number of homes increased, overcrowding decreased, and the disparities in housing stock between rural areas and provincial capitals changed.

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