Reflexiones desde la literatura sobre la vivienda social: localización, densidad y espacio público

Abstract

This text seeks to reflect on fundamental, but not exclusive, aspects that influence the quality of housing programs (mainly public) from the urban point of view: location, density and communal / public space, based on a literature review. It is noted that, despite the vast evidence on the social, environmental and economic advantages of locating collective housing for low socioeconomic strata within cities, aspects such as the value of the land pressurize its expulsion. It is concluded that social interest housing programs should protect the quantity and quality of communal and public areas for interaction, but unfortunately they are reduced for the sake of a greater number of housing units. This type of discussion seeks to motivate decision makers and academics to investigate alternatives for land management that avoid segregation and gentrification, and that guarantees a better quality of life for the inhabitants of these programs.