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.
“Unity is not only found at the dialogue table but also at this event of workers and workers,” Isaías González of CROC stated.
The legislators propose Community Participation Commissions have more representation & strengthen their dialogue with mayoral offices.
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.
Clara Brugada’s initiative also aims to establish rules for residential rentals and prevent gentrification.
Mexico City’s head of government emphasized that the metro is the “heart of mobility”, & therefore requires not only maintenance, but complete renovation.
Dialogue sessions and the process towards the consultative stage continue.
Five properties will house 250 homes; city authorities assure that the properties will be delivered by the end of this year.
The city government says strengthening union organization and defending labour rights will be the pillars shaping the policies and programs of all city agencies for the next two decades.
Mexico City’s upcoming Citizen Consultation on Participatory Budgeting will be held on Sunday, May 3.