The objective of this Technical Cooperation (TC) is to define strategies and innovative solutions to promote housing supply in central urban areas to foster climate-friendly and inclusive cities. The focus is on supporting local authorities to implement local housing policies integrated with other local policies such as transport and land use, and to design affordable housing projects in densification and regeneration areas. By studying and learning from the French model, we want to propose instruments to encourage repopulation of urban centers and foster socially and functionally mixed areas with a view of building compact cities, taking advantage of the existing infrastructure and housing stock while controlling urban sprawl. The TC program aims to accompany four LAC cities in creating an operational model that fosters affordable housing in city-center regeneration projects. Several countries have already demonstrated interest and approached the IDB to request support. The target cities for the TC are São Paulo and Manaus, Brazil, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have been selected because of potential for implementation of pilot projects, demonstrated political will, interest for the French experience and based on a set of criteria of the area of intervention such as low density but with potential for densification (i.e. already existing infrastructure of networks, of basic services); existing real estate availability in the densification area, vacant housing; identified target population, etc. Even though their economies are among the strongest in the LAC region, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico still have serious housing problems and present a favorable context to explore and implement concrete innovative solutions that may have strong impact on urban pattern and fight against climate change and could be replicated in the region.

Project Detail

Country

Regional

Project Number

RG-T3011

Approval Date

March 8, 2019

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING

Subsector

HOUSING

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental Classification

Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 451,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 0.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 451,000.00
Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/FR-17252-RG Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar French Climate Fund for LAC Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/FR-17252-RG
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: French Climate Fund for LAC
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable

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 Other Documents
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZIDB0000474-300176573-8
Publication
BID Paris BA PRO.pdf
Oct. 25, 2023
Spanish
 Preparation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-511039102-17
TC Abstract
TC - Abstract - RG-T3011.pdf
Feb. 06, 2019
English
 Implementation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-511039102-26
TC Document
France-LAC partnership Local housing strategies a Pathway to Sustainable Climate Friendly and Inclusive Cities.pdf
Mar. 12, 2019
English

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