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The Residential Lease in Popular Neighborhoods: The Network of Relations and the Generation of Compromises
El arrendamiento residencial en los barrios populares: las redes de relaciones y la generación de compromisos;
O Arrendamento Residencial nos Bairros Populares: as Redes de Relações e a Geração de Compromissos
Author
Sáenz Acosta, Hernando
Institutions
Abstract
The following document presents an analysis of the rental housing market in a popular neighborhood in the city of Bogotá, with emphasis on compromises between tenants and landlords. For this, the methodology used in a fieldwork carried out between 2011 and 2014 in the Patio Bonito I neighborhood, located in the southwest of the city is presented at first. Starting from the French School of Conventions as a theoretical reference, two important aspects for the functioning ofthis residential market are explored: the existence of networks of relations and the celebration of commitments among economic agents. These characteristics are crucial to develop a heterodox institutional reading of this type of market centered on the concept of social conventions and thus understand the forms created by communities in the city’s popular neighborhoods for the regulation of this type of residential market.