Importance of Housing

A right and a place that satisfies basic needs. Such is the importance of housing that access to it by individuals is recognized in many constitutions as a fundamental human right.

It is the space in which we find rest, where to store food, that is, to satisfy basic needs, to take refuge from the inclemencies of the climate, the problems of the street, feel safe, and become the corner of the world where to build a family and a proper home. It can be inhabited by just one person, or several, whether or not they have family ties.

Housing is today and has been since the beginning of humanity a construction natural or artificial of enormous relevance for the life and subsistence of animals and human beings. In this way, it includes the cave of an animal or of prehistoric men as well as the great buildings that stand out in the metropolis.

Precisely at the beginning of humanity there was no differentiation between the dwelling of an animal and that of a human being, meanwhile, it has been the nature

unique creative that man has that allowed him to apply his imagination and manual ability to build bigger buildings every day.

A feeling and also a business

It is natural for people to develop feelings of belonging strong with the property for housing not only our personal belongings but also emotions and memories.

Built in the city, or in a rural area, in a house or building format, they have an economic exchange value and therefore represent for their owners a precious material good for which they must pay taxes, but at the same time it can report profits, either through the sale or rent.

Precisely the purchase of homes for rent is one of the most recommended investments in the world given that the The price of the "brick", as it is popularly said, appreciates instead of depreciating as it happens with certain coins.

When the right to housing does not reach everyone and becomes a dilemma

One of the main problems that affects this sector in many parts of the world, especially in those underdeveloped countries where poverty reigns alongside the low wages, is the impossibility for low-income people to access the possibility of acquiring a house, not necessarily luxurious, but referring to a home worthy.

In the case of people who do not have the necessary money to buy a property, they must rent it, a situation that in many cases generates instability; if, for example, it is not possible to continue facing the cost because it increased more than the salary received, a frequent situation in contexts of inflation.

And not to mention the really complex situation faced by people who don't even count with a salary and must live in precarious places where they cannot satisfy their needs basic.

Dignified housing development and the promotion of access to housing mortgage loans must be a priority public policy of governments in order to alleviate these two scourges.