Due to the combination of poverty and a series of hurricanes and earthquakes, many people live in dilapidated houses or dwell in homes with mud floors and no proper latrines; the latter two are breeding grounds for diseases. In Caiman and its surrounding villages, approximately 40% are without adequate housing, and many displaced families from the Port-au-Prince earthquake do not have homes.

United Christian International has already improved the lives of 24 families by building new homes and replacing 156 mud floors with concrete. They plan to provide as many well-constructed homes as possible for families in the communities in which they work.