Adequate housing, and everything it encompasses in a broader sense, is one of the essential principles of humanity, established by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, according to statistics from the United Nations (UN), 150 million people experience homelessness worldwide, and 1.6 billion live in inadequate housing conditions. The housing crisis is a multifaceted issue faced in different ways and on different scales by many cities across various countries and continents. One of its most difficult and complex aspects is precisely the deprivation of this basic right, affecting people in diverse ways and for different reasons.
Architecture and urbanism are intimately related to this issue, playing a fundamental role both in developing solutions and improvements to the situation, and, unfortunately, in attempts that aggravate the problem, further impacting the lives of thousands of already vulnerable and fragile individuals.
