In the present paper we will illustrate some of the processes by which the habitants of a "Barrio" are simultaneously subject to practices of inclusion and exclusion coming from the state policies. This generates contradictions in the backbone of the official institutions same as in the habitants exposed to such policies. We will analyze, stemming from a case study, strategies employed by the habitants for facing the threats of displacement to which they see themselves constantly exposed and we will suggest that the solutions to housing problems conducted and solved by the citizens themselves, pose among other things, the dilemma between necessity and legality.
Environmental Psychology; Barrio; Displacement resistance