During the last decades governments all over the world have tried to incorporate a series of policies which derive from international agendas within national plans and programmes. Such policies are targeting urban poverty and the problems associated to housing, education, health, employment and all other factors at the scale of local, as these problems have a direct effect upon the quality of life of large groups of population. This effort requires no only to follow international agreements which are implemented through diverse strategies, but also to be adapted to local conditions by the jeans of a reflective practice. The role of institutions and agencies, practitioners, private sector and universities become one of great relevance in fostering the social participation in this process. In this respect, Mexico is not the exception. In this work, a reflection on the role of housing policy is central to understand how such instruments have worked, the properties of the different groups involved so far, the outcomes as well as the expectations for future good practices in this field. Further possibilities on changes towards a mitigation of urban poverty with a new housing agenda are assessed, as well of the discussion on social participation strategies in a wider scope, taking into account that they could be fully considered in a more operational and inclusive way for large numbers of urban poor in this country.
Cortés, M., & Winfield, F. (2006). Housing policy in the context of urban poverty in México: challenge and perspective of social participation. Revista INVI, 21(58). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2006.62141
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