Waiting for the deeds. The regularization process of the Virgen Misionera Neighbourhood

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary results of an ongoing research on housing and urban policies in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. It reviews the regularization process of an informal settlement called Virgen Misionera. The neighborhood and its population are fully consolidated, but there are still problems and conflicts related to the ownership of land plots and, thus, conflicts related to the urban consolidation of the settlement emerge. In a context where land prices soared in the last fifteen years, the article reflects on the limits of the regularization strategies used in Argentina and raises the need to reformulate the content and scope of property right.

regularization; abandoned plot; property right; informal settlements; housing policies