Improvements in habitability and housing satisfaction after dwelling regeneration in social housing complexes. The RUCAS study.

ABSTRACT: Housing is a pressing problem worldwide and a key determinant of health and wellbeing. The right to adequate housing, as a pillar of the right to an adequate standard of living, means more than a roof to live under. Adequate means the dwelling must fulfill material functions and psychosocial functions, thus contributing to dwellers health and wellbeing. Social housing policies aim to fulfill the right to housing, but frequently fail in fulfilling the right to it being adequate. This study capitalizes on the implementation of a national urban regeneration program in two social housing villas in central Chile (one in Santiago, in the central valley, the other in Viña del Mar, a coastal city) to run a natural experiment assessing the impact of dwelling renovation on several dimensions of perc

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364156 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature