Brugada Reaffirms the Right to Housing at the Urban 20, in NY
Beside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, Brugada said nearly half a million people left housing poverty in Mexico City since 2018, and urged a global housing coalition.
Beside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, Brugada said nearly half a million people left housing poverty in Mexico City since 2018, and urged a global housing coalition.
At the Urban 20 forum, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Mexico City an international ‘inspiration’ for how it confronts the cost-of-living and care crisis.
The 10-year contract runs up to 2.43 billion pesos, brings bike-share to Iztapalapa, Iztacalco and Tlalpan for the first time, and hands all the infrastructure to the city at term’s end.
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada opened the community hub in San Lucas, Coyoacán, reclaiming nearly 20,000 m² of public space for over 130,000 residents.
The 40-billion-peso co-investment replaces 40-year-old trains and rebuilds worn tracks; no stations will close this year and fare won’t rise, Brugada said.
The fifth Utopía complex brings free health, culture, and care services to Iztapalapa, part of Brugada’s push to put Mexico City’s neglected peripheries first.
Built for about 928,000 pesos each—three to five times cheaper than Mexico City market rates—the units advance Brugada’s goal of 200,000 homes this term.
Authorities arrested a suspect linked to the murder of two close aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada in Morelos.
The Mexico City mayor has been heavily criticized in recent months for a backlog in Utopia construction and a preference for painting everything lavender.
The reform aims to limit annual rent increases to the rate of inflation, increase the supply of social housing, regulate tenant-landlord relations and recognize the right to neighbourhood and community roots.