They warned that the local deputies made extraordinary periods to approve changes of land use, as almost a year ago when they approved eight changes, six of them in colonies with high gentrification: three in Polanco, one in San Miguel Chapultepec, one in South Rome and one more in Juarez.
They also asked the Congress to be eliminated from the Urban Development Law of the Federal District The acquired uses, as noted by the head of government, Clara Brugada.
They said they will present a proposal to eliminate some management standards, such as the transfer of potentialities, merger or cooperation action systems.
The neighbors demanded that the constructions stop and more than 100 properties that have been denounced for more than six months in the Environmental Attorney’s Office and the Territorial Planning (PAOT), in the Institute of Administrative Verification (Invea) and in the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (inbal) are verified.
In addition, they demand to stop construction licenses and demolition in that polygon through the temporary closure of the single window in the Mayor’s Office.
They requested that no authority authorizes constructions of “decent housing” of less than 60 square meters, since they consider that these buildings, which include type departments loft Of 30 meters cadres, they are aimed at temporary housing, which, they accuse, is a gentrifier motor.
They assured that they will deliver a proposal to the Congress of Mexico City to be repealed, in the Regulation of the Law of Commercial Establishments, The “legalization” of the delivery of sidewalks and public roads to restaurants and clubs, because they point out that they also promote gentrification and mass tourism.
They assured that if the city government, the Congress of Mexico City and the Mayor’s Office Cuauhtémoc do not meet their demands, they will promote mobilizations and consultations that seek of a binding nature to stop “imposed” public policies, such as extending parks and introduction of natural gas.
The 10 points
- Stop changes for land use by the “Gentrificator” Congress in the Roma-Condesa-Hipódromo-Juárez polygon.
- Temporary closure of the unique window and stop the authorizations of the various secretariats for demolitions and new constructions, as long as a diagnosis of the area and with citizens is not completed to guarantee the worthy housing of those who live (mobility, water, subsoil, environment, sun right, etc.).
- Install a table with the Ministry of Planning, Territorial Planning and Metropolitan Coordination, the Institute for Democratic and Prospective Planning and the Ministry of Government to initiate the Diagnosis of the territoryaccording to planning guidelines and based on the Political Constitution of Mexico City.
- Do not grant any authorization to build “decent housing” of less than 60 square meters, since the “loft “ They are for the temporary housing market, or to build any more commercial square, in support of local trade and the neighborhood.
- Stop the gentrificing public policies such as the privatization of public outdoor space (parking meter installation, legalized public roads, “harassment” of SEMOVI for motorists in collection free areas or the introduction of natural gas in high -seismic high -risk areas).
- Diagnosis and evaluation of the subsoil through studies so that the security of life and heritage is guaranteed among citizens and government.
- Defense of heritage through an evaluation of abandoned or invaded properties, a diagnosis of the entire catalog of affected real estate that survives to apply preservation policies and the issuance of the declaration of areas of artistic monuments for the protection of the identity of the territory. Also include real estate diagnoses that do not have legal certainty and review cases of forced evictions in process.
- Derogation, in the Regulation of the Law of Commercial Establishments, the “legalization” of the delivery of banquets and public roads to restaurants and clubs, which promote gentrification and mass tourism.
- Urgent elimination by the Congress of the figure of acquired rights, which “until today legalizes the illegal”, and of management norms such as those that allow the transfer of potentialities, merger of land or systems of action by cooperation.
- Start with the authorities the revision and urgent verification of more than 100 properties (plus what they are under construction) that are reported in Paot in the last six months and the construction of mandatory censuses to know the status of occupation of the built properties.
