Abstract In the introduction to this special issue on Latin American housing policies, we address the common elements evident in this collection of papers with the aim of enabling a better knowledge exchange between the ‘global North’ and the ‘global South’ on potentially common issues. These include the changing relationship between state and capital, with special emphasis on the new role adopted by the State as a facilitator for financial private capital in an increasingly privatised housing sector; the need to address precarious housing conditions among vast sectors of the population, including international migrants; and the various innovative roles played by civil society in housing provision. Notwithstanding these similarities between world regions, our editorial introduction highlights a number of particularities in housing research in the Latin American region, underscoring the need to reflect critically on the applicability of concepts and models created in different geographical contexts with different historical, social and political realities. Within this editorial, we also introduce the main themes discussed in the specific articles and attempt to place them within the more general scope of earlier research on housing policies in the region. We conclude by acknowledging that a solution to long lasting housing inequality in Latin America remains an unfulfilled promise.

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当代南美洲的住房政策问题：介绍

摘要 在本期关于拉丁美洲住房政策的特刊的介绍中，我们讨论了这一系列论文中明显的共同要素，目的是促进“全球北方”和“全球南方”之间就潜在的共同问题进行更好的知识交流。 . 其中包括国家与资本之间不断变化的关系，特别强调国家在日益私有化的住房部门中作为金融私人资本的促进者所采取的新角色；需要解决包括国际移民在内的广大人口群体中不稳定的住房条件；以及民间社会在住房供应方面发挥的各种创新作用。尽管世界区域之间有这些相似之处，我们的社论介绍突出了拉丁美洲地区住房研究的一些特殊性，强调需要批判性地反思在具有不同历史、社会和政治现实的不同地理环境中创建的概念和模型的适用性。在这篇社论中，我们还介绍了具体文章中讨论的主要主题，并试图将它们置于该地区早期住房政策研究的更一般范围内。最后，我们承认，拉丁美洲长期住房不平等的解决方案仍未兑现。在这篇社论中，我们还介绍了具体文章中讨论的主要主题，并试图将它们置于该地区早期住房政策研究的更一般范围内。最后，我们承认，拉丁美洲长期住房不平等的解决方案仍未兑现。在这篇社论中，我们还介绍了具体文章中讨论的主要主题，并试图将它们置于该地区早期住房政策研究的更一般范围内。最后，我们承认，拉丁美洲长期住房不平等的解决方案仍未兑现。