The Current State and Future Needs of Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean

Authors

  • Lorenzo Agar Corbinos Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This paper is a necessary initial effort to assess the social housing topic and its development towards the year 2000. The aim is to motivate the discussion and analysis of the topics, which are central to this paper, amongst all the countries in the region. Such central topics are: assess the housing stock, assess the magnitude of its present quantitative deficit and based on this information figure out the need of investment for the 1995-2000 period based on a potential demand stratified according to social sectors.

Author Biography

Lorenzo Agar Corbinos, Universidad de Chile

Sociólogo, Magister en Planificación del Desarrollo Urbano y Regional. Director del Programa Global de Formación en Población y Desarrollo Sustentable. Universidad de Chile - Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas.