Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Argentina
Universidad Nacional de La Plata hands over its first wooden social housing units
Argentina's Universidad Nacional de La Plata has delivered the first social housing it developed, wooden homes built at the university for low-income families, alongside Buenos Aires province's housing minister.
Why it matters: Low-income families are the stated recipients of the wooden homes built at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, whose first units were handed over on 4 November.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) reported that the first social housing units it developed were handed over on the morning of 4 November.
According to the university, the homes are made of wood, were produced at UNLP and are intended for families on low incomes.
UNLP's president, Fernando Tauber, delivered the homes together with Silvina Batakis, Buenos Aires province's Minister of Habitat and Urban Development, the university said.
The mayor of Ensenada also took part in the handover, according to UNLP.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
Low-income families are the named beneficiaries of the wooden homes produced at UNLP, and with the first units now delivered alongside the provincial housing ministry, the project has moved from development to handover.
