«A Lima for all»: The Huaycán housing program and the United Left’s urban policy, 1983-1985

• Autor: Luna-Victoria Indacochea, Lucía
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27294
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/historica/article/view/27294
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Urban history; Huaycán; Shantytowns; Lima; Internal Armed Conflict; United Left; Historia urbana; Asentamientos humanos; Conflicto armado interno; Izquierda Unida

In 1984, in the context of Peru’s internal armed conflict between the Shining Path and the State (1980-2000), Lima’s socialist mayor Alfonso Barrantes Lingán decreed the creation of Huaycán, the first housing project targeting Lima’s poorest residents. Huaycán originated from a shared socialist vision by urbanists and shantytown settlers to address the politics of abandonment by establishing a co-management program between municipal representatives and the population. This article traces the creation of Huaycán, from 1983 to 1985, as a project that emanated from the demands of a new generation of urban residents. The article reveals the tensions derived from within the leftist front, and between the urbanists and shantytown settlers that created the project.