The Role Played by the Laws on the Promotion of Working-Class Housing and the Housing Fund within the Context of Social Housing Policies in Chile, 1931-1952
Authors
Rodrigo Hidalgo Dattwyler
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
This paper aims at and analysis of the social housing policy in Chile in the 30's and 40's. This will be done through the study of the "Ley de Fomento de la Edificación Obrera" (Law for the Support of Labor Building) and the "Caja de la Habitación" (Housing found). Stress is put on the aspects that characterized the passing of those laws and part ot the debate on housing in those days is also presented. In addition, an account is given of the tendencies then present in the public area to face the housing shortage which strongly affected the lower social levels.
Author Biography
Rodrigo Hidalgo Dattwyler, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Geógrafo, Profesor del Instituto de Geogafía de la Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile
Hidalgo Dattwyler, R. (2000). The Role Played by the Laws on the Promotion of Working-Class Housing and the Housing Fund within the Context of Social Housing Policies in Chile, 1931-1952. Revista INVI, 15(39). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2000.62105
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