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dc.titleIV REGIONAL HOUSING FORUM 2026. From Diagnosis to Action: Transforming Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorSilva de Anzorena, María Paloma
dc.contributor.authorFernandez Fernandez, Martha Sofia
dc.contributor.authorCastro Bedolla, Edith
dc.contributor.authorCervantes Bautista, Juan José
dc.contributor.authorGuerrero, Jorge
dc.contributor.orgunitHousing and Urban Development Division
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2026-09-21T00:09:00
dc.date.issue2026-09-21T00:09:00
dc.description.abstractThe 4th Regional Housing Forum 2026 addresses the housing challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean, where 81.2% of the population is urban, and approximately 69.5 million homes face some form of housing deficit. It highlights that the main challenge is qualitative (78%) rather than quantitative (22%). Structural barriers to addressing this issue include the fiscal fragility of local governments, limited access to credit for informal-sector and low-income households, outdated regulatory frameworks, fragmented territorial data, and severe access gaps affecting vulnerable groups such as female heads of household, people with disabilities, and Indigenous populations. To move from diagnosis to action, the Forum proposes a comprehensive approach that includes introducing a new standardized methodology for measuring the housing deficit and the Housing and Urban Intelligence (HUI) platform. It also promotes construction industrialization; the adoption of Fintech and Proptech technologies; flexible housing models such as co-living and rental housing; and the strengthening of development banks through guarantees and financial instruments. In addition, it focuses on addressing the qualitative housing deficit, and a Discovery Paper outlines a comprehensive methodology to do so, to create an inclusive and resilient housing stock across the region.
dc.format.extent24
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014504
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/IV-REGIONAL-HOUSING-FORUM-2026.-From-Diagnosis-to-Action-Transforming-Housing-Markets-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/IV-foro-Regional-de-Vivienda.-Del-diagnostico-a-la-accion-transformando-los-mercados-de-vivienda-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/IV-FÓRUM-REGIONAL-DE-HABITAÇÃO-2026.-do-diagnostico-a-acão-transformando-os-mercados-de-habitacão-na-America-Latina-e-no-Caribe.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectHousing Market
dc.subjectConflicts Resolution
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectHousing Shortage
dc.subjectHousing System
dc.subjectSmart City
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectFinance
dc.subjectHousing Policy
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectUrban Economics
dc.subjectPublic Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeG21 - Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
dc.subject.jelcodeG51 - Household Saving, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
dc.subject.jelcodeO17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
dc.subject.jelcodeP11 - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
dc.subject.jelcodeQ55 - Technological Innovation
dc.subject.jelcodeR14 - Land Use Patterns
dc.subject.jelcodeR20 - Household Analysis: General
dc.subject.jelcodeR21 - Housing Demand
dc.subject.jelcodeR28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeR29 - Household Analysis: Other
dc.subject.jelcodeR31 - Housing Supply and Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeR38 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeR52 - Land Use and Other Regulations
dc.subject.jelcodeR58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
dc.subject.keywordsregional housing forum;;housing deficit;;underserved population;;housing trends;;construction trends;;coliving;;rental housing;;older adultas;;financing mechanisms;;gentrification;;development banking;qualitative housing deficit;;HUI;;methodology;
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01251
idb.operationRG-T4976
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