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Achieving a Socio-Spatial Mix? Prospects and Limitations of Social Housing Policy in Santiago de Chile

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  • Jan Dohnke
  • Dirk Heinrichs
  • Sigrun Kabisch
  • Kerstin Krellenberg
  • Juliane Welz

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In the Chilean housing sector, the combination of free-market imperatives guiding investment decisions and a long tradition of social housing subsidies has generally had remarkable success in quantitative terms but has also contributed to the large-scale segregation of poor families on the urban periphery. With the goal of a better socio-spatial mix and, ultimately, social integration, the Chilean government recently revised its guidelines for housing subsidies, promoting small-scale social housing in central locations. This paper examines the early effects of this new housing policy in a cluster of the so-called "pericentral" municipalities in Santiago de Chile. Specifically, it raises the question of whether the policy has a chance of achieving its objectives in light of prevailing free-market conditions. We demonstrate strong interrelations between the current dynamics of real-estate investment and government-led housing programs which together continue to promote uneven socio-spatial development and segregation of the urban poor on a smaller scale.

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  • Jan Dohnke & Dirk Heinrichs & Sigrun Kabisch & Kerstin Krellenberg & Juliane Welz, 2015. "Achieving a Socio-Spatial Mix? Prospects and Limitations of Social Housing Policy in Santiago de Chile," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6), pages 839-857, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:30:y:2015:i:6:p:839-857
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2014.982516
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