Most of these housing estates, which were erected by official and public bodies, reaccommodated shanty-dwellers between 1949 and 1990. They were located in distant suburbs, inside and outside the municipality of Barcelona, without taking into consideration their inhabitants’ occupational needs or rooting in the city.
La mayoría de estos polígonos, levantados por los organismos oficiales y públicos, sirvieron para reasentar población barraquista entre 1949 y 1990. Se ubicaban en periferias distantes, dentro y fuera del municipio de Barcelona, sin contemplar las necesidades laborales ni el arraigo en la ciudad de sus habitantes.