Housing in Honduras

Housing in Honduras is variable.  Our home, for example, is a spacious two story

cement structure, in a safe neighborhood, surrounded by a locked fenece. 

We even have hot water, a true luxury in Honduras. Others, living in severe poverty, make homes from whatever is available.  Here is a cross section of Honduran homes. 

       
    The home of the mayor of Quimistan, a sprawling structure located on a large plot of land.   Across the street from the mayor, a more humble, cement home.    A home in the country made of branches and using mud for filling between branches.   Tin home
 
       
Home of earth, cemented with mud and clay mixutre.  

Very small home of planks, next to home of tin.  These are "squatter" homes, located

along roadsides by people with no land. 

  Home made of dried mud bricks, with a tree branch structure.   

Middle class home of cement.  Hondurans love to paint their homes, fences, and even

the lower part of trees in very bright colors

  Plank home. 
 
       
Another plank home.  

Doña Maria Lourdes with Hugo in front of their home of wood and adobe.  Their home

has a dirt floor and no doors.  Outside is the adobe cook stove. 

 

Inside Doña Irma's home with her daughter Wendi and a member of the Franklin

Association of the UCC, Maine trip, Karyl.  Her home is of adobe, with an indoor

adobe cook stove.  The front of a broken fan serves as a basket for storing food. 

 

The guest house in Pinalejo, a home owned by the church here and used by groups

visiting the clinic or nutrition center. 

  Home made of planks of wood.