The Last Slum: Moving from Illegal Settlements to Subsidized Home Ownership in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorSalcedo, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:09:38Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:09:38Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe living conditions of the urban poor have dramatically changed in Chile in the past two decades. On one hand, through a massive program of investment in subsidized housing, more than a million Chileans have moved out from slums and shantytowns and become property owners. On the other, youth violence, drug trafficking, and other social maladies are increasing in many neighborhoods. It appears that home ownership has not been enough to overcome marginality and disintegration. Moreover, in some cases, moving to subsidized housing projects contributes to increased social problems, especially those related to violence and disintegration. To acquire knowledge about shantytown living conditions and the changes attendant to the move to home ownership, six focus groups were conducted with former residents of La Toma de Penalolen, the last important slum remaining in Santiago and eliminated in 2006. This article analyzes the ways in which residents who have moved out from a shantytown compare the houses and neighborhood in which they used to live with their current setting. It analyzes the changes and continuities in living conditions and the aspects of shantytown living that former residents remember as valuable. The article ends with a discussion regarding the conditions of home ownership, social control, stigmatization, and the identity and value transformation residents have experienced.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-14
dc.format.extent29 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1078087410368487
dc.identifier.eissn1552-8332
dc.identifier.issn1078-0874
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1078087410368487
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76508
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000281078200004
dc.information.autorucEstudios Urbanos;Salcedo R;S/I;737
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final118
dc.pagina.inicio90
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.revistaURBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectIllegal Settlements
dc.subjectsubsidized housing
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectHOUSING POLICIES
dc.subjectSANTIAGO
dc.subjectDECADES
dc.subjectURBAN
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleThe Last Slum: Moving from Illegal Settlements to Subsidized Home Ownership in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen46
sipa.codpersvinculados737
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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