The only solution for this group was the construction of makeshift huts made out of waste materials; these houses were located on the slums that proliferated in Havana. Tenants represented three-fifths of urban houses and three-fourths of families lived on rented houses in Havana.
La clase baja que no contaba con ingresos regulares quedaba abandonada a su libre albedrío; para ellos la única solución era construirse una choza improvisada con materiales de desperdicio en uno de los barrios marginales que proliferaban en La Habana.