On November 8th Tienda Hábitat was held in Luján in Los Gallitos neighborhood; it was a day of activities with workshops, assessment, and time for specific questions and consultations related to housing problems and solutions, and it was open to the whole community.
The aim of the event was to share Habitat for Humanity Argentina’s program with the wider community and, with the help of specialists who volunteered for the occasion, to offer legal and technical assessment. Architects answered the questions of families who were constructing their own homes, and lawyers gave a Legal literacy workshop. In addition, there was a “Little Bricks” workshop for the youngsters of the participating families.
A tent was erected to create attention, and volunteers from Citi handed out fliers to promote HPHA’s activities with the rest of the neighborhood. We showed the video of HPHA so that more families could get to know what HPHA is doing.
3.5 million families in Argentina are in need of help with housing problems; 33.4% live in derelict houses which need improving, repairing or completing. HPHA’s projects are a small, but important answer to the housing problems in Argentina.
Many poor families have begun to build their own homes but have not been able to finish the building: others have houses that are inadequate or overcrowded and don’t know how to improve them. Most of the families work alone doing as much as they can with the income they have. They usually do this alone, or with the help of friends, and the possibility of assessment by a volunteer architect would be a great opportunity for many.
But the problem for most low income families is that they have no Land Titles and do not know how to legalize their situations. Legal experts can provide support, awareness and education in these matters.
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