A Better World is Possible: What the World Can Learn from Uruguay as the Global Housing Crisis Deepens - Amherst Indy

A Better World is Possible: What the World Can Learn from Uruguay as the Global Housing Crisis Deepens - Amherst Indy

by Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Daniela Sanjinés, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichThis article appeared originally in The Conversation on July 22, 2025. It is reposed here under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More than 1.8 billion people lack access to adequate and affordable housing. Yet too few countries

Uruguay Builds a Housing Revolution One Brick—and One Neighbor—at a Time

In a world where affordable housing is slipping out of reach, Uruguay's mutual-aid cooperatives have quietly achieved what markets and ministries often fail to deliver: dignified shelter, built by residents themselves, protected from speculation, and governed by shared purpose, not profit. The post Uruguay Builds a Housing Revolution One Brick—and One Neighbor—at a Time appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.