Bogotá Transforms Housing and Transit for 34,000 Families By Putting Housing, Transit and Public Space First

Vanessa Velasco, Secretary of Habitat for Bogotá, leads a city government effort integrating housing, transit, public services, and neighborhood revitalization into a single urban development strategy. The Habitat Department oversees policy, implementation, and management of housing subsidies, civil works, and transportation infrastructure, including the city’s first metro line with 16 stations. Almost 4,000 housing subsidies and financial incentives have been allocated near transit stations, representing about 25 percent of the total subsidies. The metro line and cable car projects remain ongoing, alongside improvements to water treatment systems and solid waste infrastructure development. Letter From Bogotá: How A Great World Capital Puts Housing, Transit and Public Space FirstBy Sophia Lebowitz, Streetsblog USA