Between habitat and housing. Two experiences of community and cooperative organization in Rosario city (Argentina)

• Published in: Cuaderno urbano : espacio, cultura, sociedad Vol. 31; no. 31; pp. 85 - 110
• Main Author: Anahí G. Pagnoni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste 01-12-2021
• Subjects: cooperativa; hábitat; periferia; políticas habitacionales; vivienda social
• ISSN: 1666-6186; 1666-6186
• DOI: 10.30972/crn.31315780

This article studies the experience of two housing cooperatives, located in the southern area of Rosario city, during the 1980s. The objective of this work is investigate how these organizations were link to the implementation or alternative habitat policies, applied by the State at the national level, in the early 1990s. In principle, the transformation process of national housing policies will be reviewed, influenced by the paradigm of habitat at the international level; then, the cooperative organization mode, the links with other institutions and the contact with the Municipality will be explored in each of the cases presented. Finally, both the changes in the relationship between the groups and the State and the transformation inside the cooperative organization that generated the implementation of this policies will be analyzed.