Any chance close in which a Cuban resident alien or immigrant visa can buy a property or home in Cuba?
YES, it is possible for a foreigner to buy a house in Cuba as long as he has been authorized by the Cuban immigration authorities for permanent residence in the Cuban territory, in which case you have the same civil rights and duties that Cuban citizens, under the provisions of Article 11 of the Cuban Civil Code and thus of course the right to acquire home ownership, the procedure is done at a notary State if the purchase and sale is made with a Cuban citizen, and which process is collected or processed in Decree Law 288/2011 amending Law 65 of December 23, 1988, "Housing Act".
Now with a Cuban immigrant visa, or who has migrated only can purchase houses in the country if requested to permanent residence status in Cuba, which process is contained in resolution 44 dated October 13, 2012, in which the citizen must submit Cuban emigre in the Office of the Ministry of Interior procedures or before the Cuban consulates abroad application, the existing current passport, the identity of the reference person in Cuba that is committed to ensuring accommodation and maintenance as appropriate until the applicant can provide housing and own income and pay the tax or duty consular wing response requests are resolved by the Immigration and Aliens in the term of 90 days and reported through Cuban consulates or offices of the Interior Ministry where they were presented and after obtaining residence in Cuba then you can access the property purchase as stipulated in Law 65 of December 23, 1988, "General Law housing ", as amended by Decree Law 288 dated December 28, 2011.