Reconstruir la casa en ruinas de la política de vivienda
La vivienda en Colombia atraviesa su peor crisis en más de una década. Las cifras de la Cámara Colombiana de la Construcción, Camacol, son rotundas: las ventas durante el actual Gobierno se han reducido a la mitad, las iniciaciones están en su punto más bajo desde el 2012, el sector encadena ocho trimestres consecutivos de caídas y 24 mil empleos, el 70 % de obreros, se perdieron cada mes de 2024 por la ralentización de la actividad constructora.
TL;DR
- Housing sales in Colombia have been cut in half under the current government.
- Construction starts are at their lowest point since 2012, with 24,000 jobs lost monthly in 2024.
- The erratic housing policy has had economic and social consequences, impacting over 30 related productive sectors.
- The abrupt closure of the "Mi Casa Ya" program left over 70,000 families without housing options.
- The housing deficit has risen to 27%, while urban informality grows.
- Camacol proposes a five-point plan to revitalize the sector, including "Mi Casa Ya 2.0" and interest rate subsidies.
- Barranquilla's "Mi Techo Propio" program is highlighted as a successful local model for housing development.
- There is a call for a stable, predictable, long-term housing policy, treated as a state policy rather than an experiment.