The capital’s government presented the aforementioned initiative, with 14 actions to prevent the process of displacement or expulsion (gentrification) of local people and businesses by others with greater purchasing power and excessive rent increases.

According to statements by the city’s mayor, Clara Brugada, the participants in the debates will include tenants, lessees, merchants, cultural groups, real estate developers, urban planners, and the general public.

The goal is to collectively build fair, effective, and sustainable solutions that respond to the specific realities of each territory. Therefore, the president issued an open and respectful call to citizens to join these spaces for dialogue.

The day before, the mayor of Mexico City stated that this initiative aims at actively listening to the communities involved, that it does not respond to speculative interests, and that this strategy includes legislative and regulatory reforms to guarantee the right to housing.

She mentioned that this policy is based on pillars such as the right to remain in the place where community has been built; the priority of social interests over speculation; the defense of neighborhood life, as well as the cultural and emotional heritage of communities.

“Mexico City is not a consumer good; it is a deeply human and cultural social project,” she stated.

Among the immediate actions announced are measures to simplify housing access procedures – ithin 15 days-, and specific proposals to guarantee the right to these properties in areas where the effects of gentrification are most acute.

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