Radically Collective: The Legacy of Cuba's Microbrigadas Housing Program

In the 1970s, Cuba faced a severe nationwide housing shortage due to population growth, rural-to-urban migration, and the degradation of existing housing stock. The government's answer was a system that pulled ordinary workers off their regular jobs and put them on building sites instead. This program, known as the Microbrigadas (microbrigades) , reshaped entire districts of Havana , where they…