Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jaramillo, Sandra Garcia

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• Cityscape (Washington, D.C.), 2014-01, Vol.16 (1), p.197-202

Ort / Verlag

Washington: Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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. Changes in the different contexts can go both ways (to a worse or a better context), and, thus, this framework is very useful for understanding how the circumstances of moving and changes in contexts at different levels affect child development. Putting children at the center does not mean that housing policy is the only intervention needed to enhance child development. Children also need access to good-quality education, food, healthcare services, and so on. If children are exposed to low-quality housing and neighborhoods, however, not only will their development be at risk, but also the potential effects of other interventions will be deterred. and that it is the change of those housing contexts that affects child development.