Housing for the poor: Implementation and impact of Tu Casa program in Tijuana

• Main Authors: Ana Elizabeth Jardón Hernández, Gerardo Ordóñez Barba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2009-01-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: Pobreza; política habitacional; vivienda progresiva; subsidios; Tijuana.
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/153

<span>This study assesses the operation and some major results of most important federal housing program focus on households in poverty situation, with particular emphasis on their instrumentation process and impacts in Tijuana’s housing problem for poor families. The exam aims to analyses the design changes of the program that forced its transformation from Vivah to Tu Casa, and the operational difficulties for a proper implementation in an urban context, as well as its limited impact for solving popular housing needs. It also seeks to weigh the importance of government subsidies to acquire or improve housing, in their progressive modality, as an alternative for social segments excluded from any other public or private financing option.</span>