LOW-INCOME HOUSING SYSTEM SCHEME AND RENTAL HOUSING TYPE IN CASE OF LA PAZ CITY, BOLIVIA

Abstract

In order to understand the shelter strategies of the low-income people in La Paz City, this paper aims to illustrate the low-income housing system scheme, which is a hierarchical diagram where different low-income housing types can be identified, and enables to know all means that low-income people use in order to obtain housing. Deriving from analysis, it finds out that the rental type, apart from ownership, is an important housing option for the low-income people who can not usually afford to become owner-occupier due to their disadvantaged economic situation;_however we find out that rented accommodation is in decline since there is not investment for improvement, neither from owners nor tenants. The research method is on the basis of an extensive study concerning the housing issue where a carefully analysis, identification and classification of the existing housing types have been developed in order to construct the low-income housing system scheme. With the development of this scheme, we aim to clarify for planners and policy makers the achievement of more effective solutions in order to improve the living conditions of a significant portion of Bolivia's urban population.