Revista de Ingeniería

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Controls on Building and the Urban Environment in Colombia: Medellin and the Route to Safe Housing 2014-2024; Challenges and Opportunities

No. 41 (2014-07-01)
  • Diego Restrepo Isaza
    (1) Especialista en Derecho inmobiliario, Universidad Pontifica Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. Consejero Alcaldía de Medellín, Programa Gerencia de Vivienda Segura, Medellín, Colombia. diego.restrepoi@medellin.gov.co; drisaza@gmail.com; @drisaza
https://doi.org/10.16924/riua.v0i41.789

Abstract

The Mayor’s Office of Medellin created the Department of Safe Housing in 2014. As a consultant of this Office, I share in this article some findings on the subjects of building regulations in Colombia, as well as difficulties and successes with laws and departments of urban development. I also offer some suggestions for improvements.

Keywords: Building, urban control, development officials, Space building, licenses, Medellin, supervision, safe housing