Habitability in social housing. Case study.

Abstract

The living conditions of people in their homes should provide adequate, comfortable, safe and hygienic spaces, with basic services essential for the growth and development of a human being, a place in which family, neighborhood and community relations are humanistic. Throughout the years in Ecuador and around the world, houses have been built under the concept of “social interest”, whose objective is to provide a dignified and safe space for low-income and vulnerable people. In the city of Jipijapa there is a housing complex of social interest called “Casa para todos”, for which it is essential to know the level of habitability that the houses have, and thus determine whether the main objective of this project has been fulfilled. Thus, the objective is to analyze the levels of habitability in the social housing of the “Casa para Todos” project. This housing complex has 193 dwellings, of which 125 were studied by applying the habitability evaluation instrument proposed by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad Central de Caracas in Venezuela. As a final result of this research, the habitability index of the housing complex was obtained, which is 58.98 points, a value that is above the minimum of 50 points.