Subsidios de Vivienda: Colombian Military and Police Housing Subsidies for Used Homes

Data from 2026-05-18, last updated on the Socrata platform, details housing subsidies delivered by the Caja Promotora de Vivienda Militar y de Policía under the 'Vivienda 14' model for the purchase or improvement of used homes. The dataset is broken down by department, housing price range, and military or police force. It is provided by the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze subsidy distribution trends by department and year using the Departamento and Año columns.
• Compare subsidy allocations between different military branches (Ejército Nacional, Armada Nacional, Fuerza Aérea Colombiana) and the Policía Nacional using the respective VIS and No VIS columns.
• Track quarterly disbursement patterns within a fiscal year using the Trimestre column alongside force-specific columns.
• Model the proportion of subsidies allocated to VIS (Social Interest Housing) versus non-VIS categories across different forces using the paired column sets.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 13 distinct columns for granular analysis of subsidy categories and recipients.
• Provides a temporal breakdown with both Año (Year) and Trimestre (Quarter) columns.
• Offers geographic breakdown via the Departamento (Department) column.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are not provided.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Caja Promotora de Vivienda Militar y de Policía.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:35:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, broken down by department (Departamento).