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The contributions of a wide range of authors to this book have allowed us to update analysis of debate in the region about the persistent problems linked to different forms of occupation and sale of land, and construction of built space, as well as the limited progress of land and housing policies w...

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Published inBulletin of Latin American research Vol. 38; no. S2; pp. 159 - 170
Main Author Salazar, Clara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2019
Subjects
Accumulation
Capitalism
Housing policy
Insecure
Land
Land market
Occupations
Property rights
Wages & salaries
Latin America
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Summary:The contributions of a wide range of authors to this book have allowed us to update analysis of debate in the region about the persistent problems linked to different forms of occupation and sale of land, and construction of built space, as well as the limited progress of land and housing policies which have been implemented to solve them. This book has provided evidence that the allocation of property rights is a long way from solving the housing problem in Latin American countries. The precarious housing situation remains because it is a functional part of the process of capitalist accumulation. Consequently, informal urbanisation is not a transitory process, nor does it function independently of the formal land market. In other words, the informal occupation of land and the self-construction of housing remain because they make it possible to keep wages low. The government policies implemented to resolve these issues are only remedial and the precarious housing situation continues, yet without generating large-scale social conflicts.
ISSN:0261-3050
1470-9856
DOI:10.1111/blar.12986