Improvements in habitability and housing satisfaction after dwelling regeneration in social housing complexes. The RUCAS study

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dc.article.number117090
dc.catalogadorgrr
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorBaeza Rivas, Fernando Antonio
dc.contributor.authorValdebenito, Roxana
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, B.N.
dc.contributor.authorDiez-Roux, A.
dc.contributor.authorVives Vergara, Alejandra
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T15:59:24Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T15:59:24Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractHousing is a pressing problem worldwide and a key determinant of health and wellbeing. The right to adequate housing, as a pillar of the right to an adequate standard of living, means more than a roof to live under. Adequate means the dwelling must fulfill material functions and psychosocial functions, thus contributing to dwellers health and wellbeing. Social housing policies aim to fulfill the right to housing, but frequently fail in fulfilling the right to it being adequate.This study capitalizes on the implementation of a national urban regeneration program in two social housing villas in central Chile (one in Santiago, in the central valley, the other in Vina˜ del Mar, a coastal city) to run a natural experiment assessing the impact of dwelling renovation on several dimensions of perceived habitability and housing satisfaction among the -mostly female-household homemakers. We use 5 waves of survey data collected with a step-wedge design to estimate the association between a timevarying exposure status (the intervention) and 7 binary outcomes for habitability and 5 for housing dissatisfaction, including overall housing satisfaction. We use Poisson regression models with robust variance and a random intercept at the respondent level. At baseline, reports of poor habitability and dissatisfaction across all features were markedly high, the highest levels of dissatisfaction being with acoustic insulation and dwelling size in both villas, and with indoor temperature in Santiago. The intervention resulted in statistically significant and markedly large improvements in reported habitability and dissatisfaction relative to those housing componentstargeted by the intervention, as well as with overall dwelling satisfaction in both study cases.Implications are, first, that the policy response to quantitative housing deficits must not overlook housing quality; second, that housing renovation appears as a promising intervention for qualitative housing crises; third, that while improvements in habitability and satisfaction are specific to the interventions in place, overall housing satisfaction can improve in more limited, tailored, dwelling renovation interventions. Social housing renovation in Latin America appears as a promising intervention to improve quality of life among the urban poor dwellers and reduce inequalities in health related to housing conditions.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-08-30
dc.format.extent10 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117090
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5347
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117090
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87114
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001272064100001
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; 0000-0001-5851-0693; 135637
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Geografía; Baeza Rivas, Fernando Antonio; 0000-0002-3985-2388; 1132134
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.revistaSocial Science & Medicine
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial housing
dc.subjectResidential satisfaction
dc.subjectHousing satisfaction
dc.subjectNatural experiment
dc.subjectDwelling renovation
dc.subjectUrban regeneration
dc.subjectRUCAS project
dc.subjectCentral Chile
dc.subjectLow-income neighborhoods
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods03 Good health and well-being
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced inequality
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleImprovements in habitability and housing satisfaction after dwelling regeneration in social housing complexes. The RUCAS study
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen355
sipa.codpersvinculados135637
sipa.codpersvinculados1132134
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-07-15
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