Putting Children and Adolescents at the Center of Housing Policy: A Latin American Perspective

Sandra Garcia Jaramillo
Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes

The articles in this symposium build an interesting bridge between housing policy and child and youth development by establishing the direct connections between different dimensions of housing (dwellings, neighborhoods, and communities) and human development. Bringing concerns about the well-being of children and adolescents into the housing policy debate is important because housing is a basic dimension of child well-being that affects other dimensions of development, such as health and education. Yet, many times housing policies are designed and oriented from an adultcentered perspective.