Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina

The widespread presence of informal settlements has historically characterized the growth and consolidation process of Latin American cities. Initially, these self-production methods placed priority on the satisfaction of basic needs; however, the progressive consolidation experienced by these space...

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Main Authors:	Rodríguez, María Carla, Rodríguez, María Florencia, Zapata, María Cecilia
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spelling	oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-628482020-05-15T11:25:45Z Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina Mercantilización y expansión de la inquilinización informal en villas de Buenos Aires, Argentina Rodríguez, María Carla Rodríguez, María Florencia Zapata, María Cecilia The widespread presence of informal settlements has historically characterized the growth and consolidation process of Latin American cities. Initially, these self-production methods placed priority on the satisfaction of basic needs; however, the progressive consolidation experienced by these spaces triggered the emergence of informal commodification models to secure access to land and housing, such as tenancy. This paper aims to characterize the dynamic that governed the informal tenancy process in different settlements of Buenos Aires over the last decade by analyzing the profiles of relevant actors (tenants, offering parties and mediators) and the forms adopted by tenancy on a daily basis (circuits, conditions and economic agreements.) The cases analyzed in this paper (Settlement 31 and 31 bis, 20, 3, 21-24 and Rodrigo Bueno, all built on public lands) reveal a growing heterogeneity among actors and agreements that consolidate, through practices, a private land appropriation process and the exacerbation of intra-territorial inequalities, thus posing a challenge to rights-based urban policies. La presencia extendida de urbanizaciones informales ha caracterizado históricamente el proceso de crecimiento y consolidación de las ciudades latinoamericanas. Inicialmente, estas modalidades de autoproducción de la ciudad respondían prioritariamente a la lógica de satisfacción de necesidades básicas del hábitat, sin embargo, su progresiva consolidación implicó el despliegue de lógicas mercantilizadoras informales de acceso al suelo y la vivienda, entre ellas, el alquiler. Este artículo tiene por objetivo caracterizar la dinámica que asumió durante la última década el proceso de inquilinización informal de villas en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, tomando en cuenta el perfil de los principales actores que intervienen (inquilinos, oferentes y mediadores) y las modalidades que adopta la práctica cotidiana del alquiler (circuitos, condiciones y arreglos económicos). En los casos estudiados por esta investigación (villas 31 y 31 bis, 20, 3, 21-24 y Rodrigo Bueno), todos producidos sobre tierras de propiedad pública, se constata una creciente heterogeneidad de actores y arreglos que van consolidando, por la vía de las prácticas, un proceso de apropiación privatizadora del suelo y profundización de la desigualdad intraterritorial, que se instala como un desafío para las políticas urbanas con enfoques de derechos. Revista INVI 2018-08-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62848 Revista INVI; Vol. 33 Núm. 93 (2018); 125-150 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62848/66744 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62848/66773 Derechos de autor 2018 María Carla Rodríguez, María Florencia Rodríguez, María Cecilia Zapata
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author	Rodríguez, María Carla Rodríguez, María Florencia Zapata, María Cecilia
spellingShingle	Rodríguez, María Carla Rodríguez, María Florencia Zapata, María Cecilia Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
author_facet	Rodríguez, María Carla Rodríguez, María Florencia Zapata, María Cecilia
author_sort	Rodríguez, María Carla
title	Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_short	Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full	Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr	Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort	commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of buenos aires, argentina
description	The widespread presence of informal settlements has historically characterized the growth and consolidation process of Latin American cities. Initially, these self-production methods placed priority on the satisfaction of basic needs; however, the progressive consolidation experienced by these spaces triggered the emergence of informal commodification models to secure access to land and housing, such as tenancy. This paper aims to characterize the dynamic that governed the informal tenancy process in different settlements of Buenos Aires over the last decade by analyzing the profiles of relevant actors (tenants, offering parties and mediators) and the forms adopted by tenancy on a daily basis (circuits, conditions and economic agreements.) The cases analyzed in this paper (Settlement 31 and 31 bis, 20, 3, 21-24 and Rodrigo Bueno, all built on public lands) reveal a growing heterogeneity among actors and agreements that consolidate, through practices, a private land appropriation process and the exacerbation of intra-territorial inequalities, thus posing a challenge to rights-based urban policies.
publisher	Revista INVI
publishDate	2018
url	https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62848
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Commodification and expansion of informal tenancy in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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