Context:

This paper presents a participative educational proposal led by the cooperation network called “Construya Seguro y Sostenible,” to which the University Corporation Minuto de Dios, the Catholic University of Colombia, and the Pilot University of Colombia belong.

Methodology:

This research was developed from a non-experimental descriptive quantitative method, where forty-four (44) bad practices related to habitability in informal housing were identified.

Results:

These bad practices were translated into instructional objectives through learning units framed in a course proposal oriented to communities under the instructional model of Jerrold and Kemp.

Conclusion:

This initiative allowed to link 25 families of the Villas de Kennedy neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia, with students and teachers linked to the Network who, through participatory work, socialized their findings and experiences.