havana hurricane irma work havoc havana decrepit build kill four build collapse city authorities hold rare media brief stress prioritize solve capital longstanding house need quarter build cuban city bad regular shape accord provincial house authority due largely punish tropical climate lack adequate maintenance passage time havana residents complain irma would deadly authorities address house need criticism authorities reject euclides santos charge havana house tell small group foreign reporters city put strategy place 2012 repair house well provide new home even lack resources make hard fulfill goals around 50,000 families total need new house santos say deliver 10,000 home far people shelter mean program achieve result say friday note city nearly double annual spend construction time around 185 million cuban pesos equivalent 7.7 million cubans wait communal shelter 20 years start program say santos point economic crisis cuba go fall soviet union country also suffer decades-long u.s. trade embargo havana focus first provide home cubans wait 15-19 years look resolve house need wait 10-14 years strategy reduce time families spend place santos say add around 7,000 people reside havana 109 shelter families little privacy shelter flimsy wall even wash line often use crudely divide units many cubans say would rather risk live stay crumble home move one others say would prefer remain exist home city center even though fall apart rather move new house complain shoddily build town city aim build 3,000 home per year would solve 80-90 percent havana house need 2020 santos say however lack resources mean manage build 2,200 2,300 home per year far shipments cheap oil venezuela reduce cuba export cash-strapped island nation cut import past two years irma add woes eye hurricane reach havana tropical-storm force wind heavy rain out band well storm surge lash build nearly 200 completely destroy two brothers kill densely pack canter havana wall fell flat santos say authorities urge evacuate build know bad shape actual owner flat already give new home squat say irma ravage havana city highlight house replacement drive