Resumen

JARDON HERNANDEZ, Ana Elizabeth  y  ORDONEZ BARBA, Gerardo. Vivienda para los pobres: instrumentación e impactos del programa Tu Casa en la ciudad de Tijuana. Estud. front [online]. 2009, vol.10, n.19, pp.157-181. ISSN 2395-9134.

This study assesses the operation and some major results of most important federal housing program focus on households in poverty situation, with particular emphasis on their instrumentation process and impacts in Tijuana's housing problem for poor families. The exam aims to analyses the design changes of the program that forced its transformation from Vivah to Tu Casa, and the operational difficulties for a proper implementation in an urban context, as well as its limited impact for solving popular housing needs. It also seeks to weigh the importance of government subsidies to acquire or improve housing, in their progressive modality, as an alternative for social segments excluded from any other public or private financing option.

Palabras llave : poverty; housing policy; progressive housing; subsidies; Tijuana.