The public housing crisis is the result of a series of neoliberal actions promoted by housing policies such as the creation of funding mechanisms and exclusionary and privatization initiatives that restricted the access of the poor to housing. This paper analyzes this process by comparing the situation of three cities: Mexico City, Santiago and London. Through the review of Latin American and Global North literature, we analyze the socio-spatial and political-institutional effects derived from the transformation of the access to social housing before and after the implementation of the neoliberal policies that modified the role of the State, funding mechanisms and the social background of beneficiaries and triggered the emergence of tenure issues and new urban geographies within the context of social housing. The experiences of these three countries differ from each other and show unique features; however, they allow us to comparatively understand the current social housing crisis and develop a cosmopolitan theory about neoliberalization processes.
Author Biography
Walter Imilan, Universidad de Chile
Instituto de la Vivienda, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Imilan, W., Olivera, P., & Beswick, J. (2016). The Access to Housing in Neoliberal Times: A Comparative Analysis of the Effects and Impacts of Neoliberalization on Santiago, Mexico City and London. Revista INVI, 31(88), 163–190. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62789
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