Un motor clave en riesgo
Director de Portafolio14.01.2026 18:06 Actualizado: 14.01.2026 18:11

TL;DR
- A 23% minimum wage increase has caused social housing prices to skyrocket, impacting low-income families.
- Thousands of families are being asked for significant additional payments to secure their pre-sale homes.
- The government proposed a decree to fix social housing prices in pesos from the start, prohibiting future indexing.
- The abrupt transition creates legal uncertainty for developers, trustees, and buyers.
- A uniform price cap for the entire country ignores regional differences in land and construction costs, potentially reducing supply.
- Regulatory instability discourages investment and makes financing more difficult for long-term social housing projects.
- The article calls for an orderly transition with legal clarity, regionally differentiated price caps, and real cost-based updates.
- The sustainability of Colombia's main housing policy instrument is at stake.