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Advocacy for Social Rental in Argentina | Habitat on the Hill<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Why advocate?<\/strong> One of our strategic lines is Advocacy. We aim to influence systems, policies, and attitudes to generate large-scale, long-term change. The challenge of housing access requires efforts from multiple stakeholders. We know we cannot solve it alone.<\/p>\n

Our commitment is to people living in vulnerable housing conditions. That\u2019s why our advocacy work is nonpartisan. We follow the path of dialogue with all actors in the housing ecosystem\u2014government, private sector, and other organizations. We believe in building bridges and creating spaces for collaboration in the search for solutions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe risks associated with advocacy are far less than the cost of doing nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Currently, we focus on three areas of work. First, we advocate for the implementation of a social rental policy as a way for thousands of families to access housing, instead of paying to \u201crent\u201d inadequate spaces. Second, we promote secure tenure as a fundamental right for families. We meet with key stakeholders to help families obtain legal title to their homes. Finally, we advocate for access to basic services in informal settlements.<\/p>\n

Programmatic Advocacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A study conducted in 2007 to assess the feasibility of actions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA)<\/a> revealed that in the southern part of the city, many families had sufficient income to rent formally, but access barriers\u2014such as guarantors, pay stubs, and discrimination\u2014prevented them from doing so, forcing them to pay similar amounts for inadequate accommodations like boarding houses, tenements, and hostels.<\/p>\n

Based on this study, we developed a pilot social rental project in the La Boca neighborhood called Estela de Esperanzas<\/em><\/a>. We reclaimed an unused city space and transformed it into nine apartments rented formally to families living in tenements, boarding houses, or hostels.<\/p>\n

The project includes two key approaches:<\/p>\n