Housing for displaced population in Colombia. Public policy and law enforcement recommendations
This article characterizes the forced displacement population housing and habitat problem conditions in Colombia within the social and political context of the past three decades. Colombia’s internal confl ict has forced 4,628,895 Colombians to be displaced from their homes; this phenomenon is mainl...
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| Language: | spa eng |
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Revista INVI
2009
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| Online Access: | https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62297 |
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| Summary: | This article characterizes the forced displacement population housing and habitat problem conditions in Colombia within the social and political context of the past three decades. Colombia’s internal confl ict has forced 4,628,895 Colombians to be displaced from their homes; this phenomenon is mainly experienced in 9 cities and 10 regions. It identifi es the problem’s peculiarities within the housing and habitat public policy´s general confl icts and its consequences for low income families; as it highlights public policy limited response to population displacement. It presents a systematization of the main defi ning aspects of the problem from the economic, political, social, cultural, territorial and regional perspective. It includes possible alternative solutions to the need for a right of housing and habitat needs for displaced population in Colombia. The article ends with a brief reference to the recent ruling (January 2009) of the Constitutional Court through the Tracking ruling No. 008, 2009, which includes various aspects mentioned in this article. |
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