Struggles and claims for urban indigenous housing. Appearance of subsidized housing complexes for urban indigenous people in Chile.

Abstract

The appearance of subsidized housing complexes for indigenous populations reveals new types of housing claims and struggles in Chile. The new residential complexes result from several elements: indigenous-urban networking, public policies aimed at indigenous peoples and a housing policy that enables the development of specific collective interests. No housing policy for indigenous peoples is in place; therefore, every project is unique in its developments and responds to specific claims and struggles. This paper preliminary discusses this new type of claims and struggles through a brief introduction of two study cases. There is a need to understand the way in which these housing projects emerge and the networking potential promoting them.