The deployment of the housing policy "Building Administrative Councils" in the 7 September neighborhood. Rosario, Argentina

Abstract

In this research we propose an analysis of the design, implementation and results of the public policy Building Administrative Councils, which is supposed to organize neighbors in the housing areas at the outskirts of the city. Rosario is one of the most populated cities in Argentina and home to many of the largest housing areas in the region. The latter is a result of the housing assistance policies that tried to deal with the growing housing deficit in the 1970s. These housing areas were abandoned by the State for two decades and, as a consequence, this left a great number of unresolved issues. Among these housing areas there is the neighborhood of 7 de Septiembre. In this context, our analysis will focus on this neighborhood and will try to find out whether this policy adopted by Government Offices achieve the organization of the neighbors.