摘要：The Colombian government promoted the “Mission for the design of a strategy to reduce poverty and inequality”; [MERPD] due to the increase in the levels of poverty in the country (deterioration of the social indicators and reversal of the progress in poverty inequality of the 70’s and 80’s). This mission was oriented to define a long-term social policy based on the evaluation studies needed to formulate the required reforms. In the scope of housing, the main research was the one which has served as the base for the development of this paper: The housing conditions of households and their relation to poverty. Within the content of the research, it is presented a conceptual development related to the following topics: Functioning of the institutional framework of the housing sector and Proposal of the strategy that the country should follow to achieve progresses in the housing policy . The first encompasses aspects about the sector’s institutions, housing finance, land market, national and local policies and security of tenure. Secondly, the presented proposals include institutional consolidation, decentralization deepening in the formulation and implementation of the housing policy, the sectoral model of management, the expansion of programs and instruments of policy, the development of housing markets and the increase in public expenditure.
关键词：Colombia;Housing Policy;Housing Conditions;Poverty;Institutional Framework;Policy Proposals;Colombia;política de vivienda;condiciones habitacionales;pobreza;marco institucional;propuestas de política;Colômbia;política de moradia;condições habitacionais;pobreza;marco institucional;propostas de política
