Housing and Reincorporation Strategies in post-Conflict Colombia

Mismatch of micro-level visions and macro-scale approaches

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ID22222687
AuthorsDaniela Sanjinés Encinales (0000-0001-9636-8907, ETH Zurich, corresponding author), Natalia Quiñónez (ETH Zurich)
Year2022
Volume4
Issue2
Pages203-209
Publication date2022-12-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadical Housing Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2632-2870 • E-ISSN: 2632-2870
PublisherRadical Housing Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.54825/vncy2498
OpenAlexW4313389673
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

There is a consensus among scholars and policy makers that durable peace after violent conflicts is contingent upon addressing affected communities’ livelihood needs and, in particular, housing. Post-conflict reconstruction is challenging, but at the same time an opportunity to address pre-existing housing deficits. In this Update, we present the ongoing endeavours of a community of former combatants to establish a mutual aid housing cooperative in Colombia following the peace agreement of 2016 and their efforts to attain affordable and adequate housing in a context characterised by a fragile peace process and unfavourable housing policies. We focus here on the interlinkages between micro-level visions, aspirations and strategies of the communities involved in the establishment of housing cooperatives and macro-level political and institutional factors enabling or constraining their emergence in post-conflict Colombia. Attention is drawn to opportunities to contest existing housing systems and to advocate for other forms of housing

Affordable housing · CONTEST · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Macro level · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Latin American Urban Studies · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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