The mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, has just announced a series of measures to regulate the rental market. Accommodation platforms are the main target of the mayor of the Mexican capital. Two weeks after the demonstration against gentrification, the mayor presented a plan to fight against this phenomenon.
The town hall reacts to gentrification
There gentrification Is, as we remind you of, a particular form of subjecting a popular space that involves the transformation of habitat, shops or public space.
“” Living in Mexico must not become a luxury “Said Clara Brugadathis Wednesday, July 16. To respond to the march against the gentrification which had been held in the streets of Mexico City on July 4, the mayor revealed her plan intended to supervise the rental market at a level ” reasonable ».
Why supervise rentals?
These measures presented by the mayor intervene in a context of tension around real estate prices. Mexico City is an attractive city among foreign populations, with means superior to local populations. Foreigners invest the central districts of the city, fleeing the former tenants.
There real estate pressure has increased considerably since COVID-19 pandemic, In particular in the emblematic districts of Condesa, Roma and Doctors. These districts gradually transformed into a center of tourist and residential attractiveness.
The mayor of Mexico objective and rigorous methodology would be implemented in order to supervise temporary rentals and avoid the‘Exodus of the inhabitants “From certain districts to more eccentric areas, participating in the” Loss of identity of communities ».
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A still vague project and expressed concerns
The public has generally welcomed the announcement of Clara Brugada, but some people are already reserves. Mauricio Tabe, mayor of the Miguel Hidalgo district, expressed concerns about the economic consequences of the program. Questioned by Infobae, he believes that supervision of the rental market could curb private investment.
Despite these criticisms, the mayor of Mexico assures that the project will be the subject of a vast consultation process. According to El País America, consultations will be carried out with social and political actors, universities, associations and civil society. The newspaper also indicates that negotiations are planned with the private sector in order to Contain land speculation.
However, the contours of the future law remain vague. El País, in particular, underlines a ” lack of details »On the concrete mechanisms that will regulate the activity of the accommodation platforms, such asAirbnb.
