De la vivienda como derecho humano a la vivienda mercancía : las experiencias en la Cuenca Norte en Guararí de Heredia en Costa Rica y con la ACONAPAMG en Guatemala
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2018
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Aguilar Ramírez, Esteban Andrés
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Resumen
El presente trabajo trata de abordar el tema de la mercantilización del derecho a la vivienda, buscando diálogos con los grupos excluidos, con los grupos negados epistémicamente a través de la historia. Este documento intenta cuestionarse por qué la vivienda deja de ser entendida como un derecho humano y empieza a ser entendida como mercancía, no como un medio de realización humana, “sino como un bien de cambio, como un producto susceptible a ser comprado y vendido y por lo tanto sujeto a la ley de la oferta y la demanda” (Alianza Internacional de Habitantes, pág. 22, 2013), donde solamente aquellas personas con la posibilidad de manejarse dentro de estas dinámicas de mercado pueden tener acceso a ella y por lo tanto aquellas personas que engrosan el “denominado segmento de pobreza deben hacer frente a la necesidad de vivienda, apelando al alquiler precario, acudiendo al mercado informal, ubicándose en localizaciones riesgosas, ocupando terrenos particulares de bajo costo o entrando abiertamente en conflicto con los intereses inmobiliarios” (Alianza Internacional de Habitantes, pág. 22, 2013).
This paper tries to address the issue of the commodification of the right to housing, seeking dialogues with excluded groups, with epistemically denied groups throughout history. This document attempts to question why housing ceases to be understood as a human right and begins to be understood as a commodity, not as a means of human fulfillment, “but as an exchange good, as a product susceptible to being bought and sold and therefore subject to the law of supply and demand ”(International Alliance of Inhabitants, p. 22, 2013), where only those people with the possibility of dealing with these market dynamics can have access to it and therefore both those people who swell the “so-called poverty segment must face the need for housing, appealing to precarious rent, going to the informal market, locating in risky locations, occupying low-cost private land or openly entering into conflict with real estate interests ”(International Alliance of Inhabitants, p. 22, 2013).
This paper tries to address the issue of the commodification of the right to housing, seeking dialogues with excluded groups, with epistemically denied groups throughout history. This document attempts to question why housing ceases to be understood as a human right and begins to be understood as a commodity, not as a means of human fulfillment, “but as an exchange good, as a product susceptible to being bought and sold and therefore subject to the law of supply and demand ”(International Alliance of Inhabitants, p. 22, 2013), where only those people with the possibility of dealing with these market dynamics can have access to it and therefore both those people who swell the “so-called poverty segment must face the need for housing, appealing to precarious rent, going to the informal market, locating in risky locations, occupying low-cost private land or openly entering into conflict with real estate interests ”(International Alliance of Inhabitants, p. 22, 2013).
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Este artículo forma parte del libro "Derechos Humanos, comunicación y luchas por la dignidad" Editado por Francisco Sierra Caballero Vicente Barragán Robles Javier Moreno Gálvez.
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DERECHOS HUMANOS, ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS, URBANISMO, DESIGUALDAD SOCIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, TOWN PLANNING, SOCIAL INEQUALITY