Cuba: Sales of Private Property
November 03, 2011 at 10:49 AM
There is a fair amount of news coverage today about the Cuban government’s decision to allow individuals to buy and sell private homes:
New York Times: Cubans Can Buy and Sell Private Property, Government Says by Damien Cave
Washington Post: Cuba Establishes Sale and Purchase of Real Estate Property for First Time in Decades
BBC News: Cuba passes law allowing private home sales
MSNBC: Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of real estate
An announcement (in Spanish) also appears on the Cuban News Agency website
A copy of Decreto-Ley 288, announcing the change, and related materials have appeared on blogs:
Blogs de Cuba
and will appear in the Cuban Gaceta Oficial


