Mexico City Trains 100 Officers Against Dispossession
The program seeks to provide Public Prosecutors with legal tools to more effectively handle cases of dispossession, which is an ongoing issue related to the gentrification of the city.
Gentrification
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Mexico City Land Use Planning & Precarity
Alejandro Encinas’ departure for the Organization of American States leaves a key position vacant during a critical period in the city’s fight against the real estate cartel.
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Mexico City Evictions Violate International Law, Experts Warn
Mexico City has been plagued by evictions involving irregular hours, separated families, property theft by unidentified persons who act in concert with police and civic officials, and violence.
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Deliberate Neglect, Fabricated Crimes Used to Transfer CDMX Historic Buildings to Speculators
The Forum Against Gentrification warned that the City’s Attorney General is fabricating criminal pretexts to justify evictions which hand over buildings for Airbnb developments, warehouses, and real estate speculation.
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Airbnb Accused of Meddling in Mexico City Gentrification Debates
A dubious organization with a dubious name, We Are All Hosts, has been participating in the neighbourhood forums.
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CDMX Head Brugada Announces Anti-Dispossession Strategy
2,245 complaints of eviction have been filed in 2025, representing an 8% increase compared to last year, with the crimes being concentrated in the boroughs of Iztapalapa, Cuauhtémoc, and Gustavo A. Madero.
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Mexico City Government Consultations on Gentrification Begin
The dialogues were announced in the aftermath of recent anti-gentrification protests, and will discuss Clara Brugada’s 14 points to tackle the festering issue in the city.
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CDMX’s Brugada Has 14 Actions to Fight Gentrification
The proposals include rent control, public housing, regulating Airbnb and other platforms, and an Ombudsman’s office.
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Airbnb-linked Fund Behind Mexico’s Rental Monopoly
Blueground is the largest provider of 30-day minimum stays in Mexico City; like Airbnb, it is funded by WestCap, an investment fund headed by Airbnb’s former CFO.
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Collective Warns About Shady Building in Puerto Escondido
The developer behind the project is GDC, considered to be part of the widely reviled real estate cartel in Mexico City.
