The plan comes in response to protests that targeted ‘digital nomads’ who locals blame for driving up housing costs.
On the heels of anti-gentrification protests that highlighted growing frustration with foreign remote workers who are moving to some of the city’s most desirable neighborhoods, Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada Molina announced a plan to invest over 600 million pesos ($31.8 million) in public housing, according to an article in Mexico News Daily.
The proposal to build or renovate 20,000 new rental units would close roughly half of the city’s housing deficit. “The program will prioritize vulnerable groups such as youths, the elderly, workers who commute to central areas, single mothers, families who do not own their own homes, those whose income is less than three times the minimum wage and those who have been evicted.”
The mayor said the developments would include childcare centers, laundromats, and other “care system” facilities. The city has already acquired 1,000 units for redevelopment and is developing four other buildings in “strategic” central locations.
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