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'''Misión Hábitat''' ("'''Mission Habitat'''") is a [[Venezuela]]n [[Bolivarian Missions|Bolivarian Mission]] aims to construct of thousands of new housing units for the poor. The program also seeks to develop agreeable and integrated housing zones that make available a full range of social services &mdash; from education to healthcare &mdash; which likens its vision to that of [[New Urbanism]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Polga-Hecimovich|first1=John|title=The Best Intentions? Politicization in the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela|url=http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/content/best-intentions-politicization-gran-misi%C3%B3n-vivienda-venezuela|website=panoramas.pitt.edu|accessdate=12 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629035411/http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/content/best-intentions-politicization-gran-misi%C3%B3n-vivienda-venezuela|archivedate=29 June 2015}}</ref>

According to Venezuela's ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]'', Chávez promised to build 150,000 houses in 2006. In the first half of the year, 24% of the goal (35,000 houses) was fulfilled.<ref>[https://us.escortsliaison.com/ Chávez' Government has built 24 percent of scheduled houses.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411130530/http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/07/31/en_eco_art_31A756381.shtml|date=2008-04-11}}</ref> The project was continued by the [[Great Mission Housing Venezuela]] launched in 2011.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=John |title=Lessons from Latin America: the case for public investment in housing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2013/jun/06/public-investment-housing-venezuela |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2013 |language=en}}</ref> ''El Universal'' (July 31, 2006). In 2013, the Venezuelan government completed nearly 50% of projected homes and in 2014 completed 30% of its target.<ref>{{cite news|title=Misión Vivienda incumplió 70% de su objetivo de 2014|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2014/12/30/mision-vivienda-incumplio-70-de-su-objetivo-de-2014/|accessdate=4 January 2015|agency=La Patilla|date=30 December 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Petrocasa]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130421181804/http://www.fmh.gob.ve/ Fundación Misión Hábitat] (in Spanish)

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