The head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada Molina, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial, and Urban Development (Sedatu) to guarantee the human right to housing through the Housing for Well-Being program in the capital.
"There is total agreement between the federal government and the Government of the City, in a vision of the right to housing and here in Mexico City we want to combat gentrification and we will do it with this type of housing projects," said Clara Brugada on Wednesday, February 12.
The signing of this agreement will allow for the construction of more than 200 thousand low-cost housing units in Mexico City by the end of President Claudia Sheinbaum's term in 2030. The agreement with Sedatu will also enable the regulation and improvement of more than 30 thousand 500 housing units, which will generate more than 121 thousand direct jobs and 182 thousand indirect jobs, through organizations such as Infonavit, Fovissste, the National Housing Commission (Conavi), and the National Institute of Sustainable Land (Insus).
"These actions will also allow for an increase in the goal of home improvement loans, with which the residents of the capital will benefit, in addition to formulating a mechanism to eliminate unpayable debts from home purchase loans," Brugada stated.
Through this agreement, progress will be made to reduce the housing backlog in the city, which has caused 30 thousand families to be expelled "to the periphery of the periphery" each year. Edna Elena Vega Rangel, head of Sedatu, mentioned that multiple actions in housing are being carried out in coordination with the federal government, such as the preparation of the Territorial Reordering program for the Metropolitan Area and the Housing for Well-Being program, among others.
"In Mexico City, in particular, the goal is for 26 thousand new homes, through Infonavit, and one thousand through the National Housing Commission (Conavi), plus 3 thousand 300 deeds. Mexico City is the entity, I believe the only entity, where the Government of the City is developing such a broad housing program for the population that needs it the most," expressed Vega Rangel.
