The World Cup of Gentrification
Publicly-subsidized, privately profitable: FIFA’s grotesque spectacle of graft, corruption & recreational consumption for ultra-wealthy parasites threatens the livelihoods and wellbeing of Mexico City residents.
Gentrification
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Mexico City Gives Hosts & Platforms like Airbnb 30 Days to Register
The goal is to prevent a disproportionate increase in housing prices as well as temporary accommodations during the World Cup.
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El Buen Cine, Mexico City’s DVD Store Holding its Own Against Streaming & Gentrification
For over 15 years, a space for film buffs and the curious has been one of the last DVD stores in Mexico City.
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Housing Orgs & Experts See Fair Rents Reform as Insufficient in Face of Gentrification in Mexico City
Nine months after CDMX head Clara Brugada presented the Fair Rents Act, none of its initial promises have been fulfilled say housing advocates & newly announced initiatives will only be implemented far in the future.
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Mexico City Head Brugada Presents Fair Rents Reform
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.
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World Cup Construction at Estadio Azteca Causing Respiratory Problems say Residents
Doctors in the area estimate that up to 70% of their patients suffer from some ailment related to constant exposure to particulate matter & fumes emitted by heavy machinery.
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Mexico City Shuts Down Illegal Construction of Airbnbs at Historic Edificio Isabel
Residents protested on February 14th to denounce the eviction of tenants who had lived in the building for decades by the Mier y Pesado Foundation, who have been carrying on illegal construction.
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Mexico City Landgrabs: 94 Properties Recovered, Six People Arrested
Mexico City has been plagued with high-profile night raids by criminal gangs, sometimes accompanied by police, invading and capturing properties throughout the capital.
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Evicted Mexico City Families Will Protest on December 15
The protest is being organized by 11 República de Cuba tenants, who were evicted by a court officer using the ID of a tenant who had been dead for five years.
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Mexico City Fails to Control Airbnb Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Proposed legislation from both Batres’ interm administration & the current Brugada government has not been instituted: no one is monitoring property use & a digital registry that was supposed to be operational since 2024 remains inactive.
