Notice on the door |
HAVANA, October 31 (Regina del Sol y Alejandro Hernández, AIDH /
CubaNet) - The Housing Authority in central Havana has posted a sign at its
office advising users that petitions to relocate to the Cuban capital are not
being accepted by orders from a superior authority.
Wags on the street say that moving to Havana these days is even harder than
getting a visa to leave the country.
The procedure to be followed by anyone wishing to relocate to the capital,
according to law No. 217, is lengthy. A petition must be filed with the
municipal housing authority (such as the ones not being accepted at the central
Havana office), accompanied by the following documents:
A sworn, notarized statement that the petitioner is welcome by the owner of
the house to which he intends to move. A statement from the Architecture office
that there is indeed enough space for the petitioner to live at the prospective
address.
Upon approval, iffy at best and almost impossible if the petitioner is not
related to the owner of the house to which he intends to move, the applicant
must go to the identity card office to legalize the transaction and to the
population registry to be included in the rationing system.
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