ELYUMA: “Hipoteca, no; compra y venta, sí: 50 years after urban reform, a paradigm shift”, por Ted Henken (Inglés)

Surfing around the Internet the other day trying to get some background on the history of urban reform and housing law in Cuba over the last 50 years, I can upon a very timely and original scholarly article by Erich Trefftz, "50 Years Since the Urban Reform Law in Cuba: On the Anniversary of the Paradigm Shift"(PDF), published in August in the Revista INVI (Vol. 26, No. 27, 2011) at the Universidad de Chile.
The article is available in both English and Spanish.  The Spanish title is: "50 AÑOS DE LA LEY DE REFORMA URBANA EN CUBA. EN EL ANIVERSARIO DEL CAMBIO DE PARADIGMA."
The article is noteworthy for two things.  First, after describing Cuba's pre-revolutionary housing conditions, the article gives a quick but quite detailed history of urban reform and housing policy over the last 50 years in Cuba.  Second, between March and June, 2010, Trefftz carried out a survey of over 100 Cuban housing experts (in Cuba) asking them to evaluate various socioeconomic measures that could be used to improve the housing situation in Cuba.