ELEMENTS OF CONTEXT
HISTORY
DEMOGRAPHY
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL CONTEXT
ODIOUS PUBLIC DEBT
This debt with triple function have occurred in the absence of consent of the population – the lack of benefit for this population – Creditors know this. It was under the military junta of 1962-1980 that the debt would have begun. He rose through 2010-6400000000000 USD. This debt is close to 50% of national GDP, according to the World Bank.
Source: CADTM – Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, debt figures for 2012
HABITAT
HISTORY OF CITIES – HERITAGE
URBAN HOUSING
RURAL HOUSING
Legal Aspects
RIGHT TO HOUSING
Since 1984
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Article 51 of the Constitution: The law will determine the companies and institutions that, because of their special circumstances, will be obliged to provide the worker and his family, decent housing, schools and medical care and other essential services and attentions for its well-being.
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Article 119 of the Constitution: The housing is social interest. The State will ensure that the greatest number of Salvadoran families become homeowners. It will encourage landowners to provide a safe and comfortable housing for resident workers and adequate facilities for temporary workers, and for this purpose, will provide smallholders means necessary.
Source: CETIM (publication COHRE)
FORCED EVICTION
LAND RIGHTS
LAND GRABBING
VULNERABLE GROUPS
SOME INTERESTING PRACTICES
Social and economic aspects
HOUSING MARKET
QUALITY OF HOUSING
INFORMAL HOUSING / SLUM / HOMELESS
ROLE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Cultural aspects – Religious – Symbolic
Environmental aspects
Bibliography & Sitography
- Alianza Internacional de Habitantes, « Políticas alternativas de vivienda en América latina y el Caribe », 2013 coord Paul Maquet Makedonski