MAKING A HOME IS MAKING A CITY. How the city is made in the Plan Juntos from Montevideo, between 2012-2022

Abstract

In 2010, former President José Mujica declared an emergency for the population in a precarious social housing situation. Subsequently, in 2011 he created the Juntos Social-Housing Integration Plan to address the social-housing emergency of the poorest sectors, excluded from State housing programs, through actions aimed at improving the quality of life and promoting socio-spatial integration. . The Plan Juntos carries out multidimensional interventions in the territory, addresses housing and the provision of public services. Families participate in the construction of their homes through mutual aid or self-construction. It is a relatively new housing program in Uruguay. In the course of these years, it has modified the intervention in the neighborhood, the participation of families and the construction technologies used. These modifications are reflected in the quality and materiality of the houses, in the appropriation of the beneficiaries and their belonging to the neighborhood or territory.

Keywords: comprehensive evaluation; social housing; housing vulnerability; projects.