 The program was patterned on the community development and housing strategy that was being used in Puerto Rico and, some years later, was used in Cuba.Through this program, the government solicited the interest of several Morvant families and encouraged them to assist one another in restoring older homes and in building new homes in Morvant.As a result of this housing development approach, many new families joined the older Morvant residents and came to belong and strengthen this vibrant, resourceful and proud working-class community.