Author
Name: Pablo Elinbaum Organisation: Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales (CEUR/CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Position: |
An Introduction to the Special Issue: Buenos Aires as a Laboratory for Housing Policy: Strategies, Innovations, and Inequalities in a Latin American Housing Regime
In the comparative housing policy literature, in addition to surveys of broad trends and the
formulation of housing regime typologies, deep dives into specific local or national cases can also provide necessary empirical evidence for reformulating theoretical frameworks and challenging long-held
assumptions. This is particularly true when taking on countries and regional contexts that are under-
represented in the housing studies literature. In order to make a contribution in this regard, this special issue examines recent housing policies in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By taking Buenos Aires as both a microcosm of the Latin American housing regime and a ‘laboratory’ for housing policy, the articles in the special issue explore the politics of housing policy in a Global South megacity. This close reading of continuity and change in local approaches reveals the socially constructed and politically contested nature of housing policy ‘innovation’, as well as tensions with existing housing inequalities.
