while the federal government began to incorporate housing quality and liveability concerns in its policies and programmes prior to notably in terms of improved construction materials the elaboration of a certified development initiative desarrollos certificados formerly desarrolios urbanos integrates sustentables duis and incentives for green building housing policy objectives meanwhile remained quantitative and focused on furnishing individual houses with basic equipment eg piped water drainage as will be seen programmes like duis and now desarrollos certificados in many cases paid insufficient attention to housing location and access to urban services and infrastructure see box in a review of housing policies in latin america focusing on the experiences of argentina chile colombia and mexico rojas finds that housing policies throughout the region have lacked a placebased approach and have been poorly coordinated with other policy domains affecting urban development eg economic development transport etc