Regularization and the Right to Housing: The Case of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area

The Mexican state’s way of securing people’s right to own a home in irregular settlements is to regularize land ownership. However, a study of such a settlement in the Monterrey metropolitan area found that the most ef fective way for citizens to obtain regularization was through political clienteli...

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Autores: Valles Acosta, Yenisey, Infante Bongfiglio, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE
Repositorio:Frontera Norte
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.colef.mx:article/86
Acceso en línea:https://fronteranorte.colef.mx/index.php/fronteranorte/article/view/86
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:land ownership
irregular settlements
right to housing
collective action
Monterrey
tenencia de la tierra
asentamientos irregulares
derecho a la vivienda
acción colectiva
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Sumario:The Mexican state’s way of securing people’s right to own a home in irregular settlements is to regularize land ownership. However, a study of such a settlement in the Monterrey metropolitan area found that the most ef fective way for citizens to obtain regularization was through political clientelism with authorities. The study concludes that the right to housing should take into account political matters, because its fulf illment remains conditioned on the practices of the Mexican political system, which still has strong populist tendencies.