Decisiones en el sector de vivienda reducen iniciaciones y lanzamientos de proyectos: ¿qué efectos trae a futuro?
El 50% de licencias aprobadas corresponde a vivienda social. Foto: iStock
TL;DR
- A draft decree from the Ministry of Housing proposes fixing the price of Social Interest Housing (VIS) exclusively in Colombian pesos.
- This change affects the initial structuring of VIS projects, altering the legal framework that allows pricing in pesos or minimum wages.
- Developers' financial analyses, which assess costs, cash flows, and market conditions before project initiation, are impacted by this modification.
- The prohibition of referencing prices to the minimum wage from the pre-sale phase alters the current legal framework.
- The construction industry guild (Camacol) warns that this could lead to a reduction in VIS housing starts due to decreased economic viability.
- Rising construction costs, including a 23% increase in the minimum wage, further challenge project financial feasibility.
- Price controls might create misalignments between support program values and actual project costs, hindering financial closure for developers and buyers.
- A future consequence of reduced initiations is a decrease in available housing supply in the medium and long term, potentially driving up sale and rental prices.