Cayman’s spiralling rents are making it difficult to recruit much-needed staff for the construction and hospitality industries.

A Caymanian couple have gone from living in a cramped converted mobile classroom to taking ownership of the island's first tiny home in a matter of months after a community wide effort led by non-profit ARK. The charity is aiming to ensure everyone in Cayman has a safe place to call home.

At least 200 homes across Grand Cayman are still in a state of disrepair following the passage of Tropical Storm Grace six months ago and government has enlisted the charitable sector to help fix them.

In an effort to answer some of the most common questions around renters rights, we analysed Cayman’s existing laws and consulted lawyer Linda DaCosta, a partner at HSM Chambers, and an expert in this area.

Over the past six weeks, the Cayman Compass Issues section has been taking an in-depth look at some of the concerns around housing in the Cayman Islands. Today we summarise some of the recommendations coming from our readers, contributors and columnists to address the concerns we have highlighted.

As a scenic coastal community with a thriving economy underpinned by financial services, the island of Jersey has much in common with Cayman. Despite a totally different approach to real estate regulation, the similarities extend to a major affordable housing problem.

Many of the affordable housing concerns highlighted by the Compass in recent weeks are not unique to Cayman.

Cayman's open property market means there are theoretically 8 billion potential buyers for any home that goes on sale in the territory. Opinion is divided over whether restrictions would help make housing more affordable.

Joint venture partnerships between developers and government could be a means to help create low-cost housing in the Cayman Islands.

It is possible to build affordable homes in Grand Cayman without sacrificing quality of life, according to the developer behind the Orchard Ecovillage in Savannah.

Young people don't see a path to home ownership in Cayman writes guest columnist Aleigha General.

The second phase of the Downtown Reach development sold out in two weeks, signifying high demand for affordable homes.

Tropical Storm Grace has heightened the urgency for repairs on some of Cayman’s most vulnerable properties. The R3 Foundation is seeking donations to help.

House prices in some neighbourhoods have almost tripled in the past five years, according to data reviewed by the Cayman Compass.

Young professionals in Cayman fear they are being priced out of the property market and may never have the chance to own a home in their own country.

The limited number of affordable homes for sale in the Cayman Islands has been a longstanding concern in the community, according to Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association president Brian Wight.

Purpose built ‘tiny homes’ could be part of the solution to finding shelter for families in crisis, charity Acts of Random Kindness believes.

ARK’s first new-build project – a tiny home for the Trusty family in Frank Sound – will be a genuine product of community kindness.

As part of our ongoing series on housing concerns in the Cayman Islands, the Compass has produced a mini-documentary featuring families living in difficult conditions on the margins of society.

Out of sight and, in many cases, out of mind on the winding back streets of Grand Cayman, many families are living in crisis.

Almost two decades after the Category 4 hurricane, Ivan’s ghost still haunts homes across Cayman.

Over the next six weeks, the Cayman Compass will be taking a detailed look at the complex, multi-faceted problems surrounding the most basic need of everyone who calls these islands home.

A complex history of land ownership may see an unemployed mother and her family forced to vacate the land that their home - a converted mobile classroom - occupies.

Josepha Carter smiles broadly between deep gulps of oxygen from the ventilator that keeps her tethered to her room in the simple home in the back streets of West Bay.

In a comprehensive data analysis, James Whittaker and Michael Klein examine some of the highest costs of living in Cayman and assess how we measure up to the United Kingdom and the United States.

Volunteers help transform a shipping container into a home for a West Bay mum and three children.