Valentina Fernández, 25, lives in a room for which she pays 10,000 pesos per month in an apartment she shares with Roomies In Rome, one of the 11 colonies classified in the “Tensioning Areas” polygon by the increase in the cost of housing in the Plan ‘for a habitable and affordable city with identity and local roots’ of the Government of Mexico City.
Before arriving in Rome, the young woman rented an apartment in Iztapalapa and moved to the Hipódromo neighborhood, in the Cuauhtémoc Mayor’s Office, to work as Hostess In a restaurant. He decided to move after one night when he returned from work, some subjects saw her pass and tried to force her to a bar.
“It gave me a chingo of courage to do two hours, (living) in a super insecure place, at night I was praying so that please as soon as they assaulted me because as a woman it is the best thing that can happen to you,” says Valentina.
When living in the Roma-Condesa corridor, the young woman tells that several of her friends have had to move because the owners of the departments prefer to rent foreign people-specially in North America and Europe-increasing the cost of rent by more than double.
For Valentina, there is a debt of the current governments towards young people. “Listen to their people and stop betraying what they promised so much. Housing and food are not a luxury, they are a right,” says the young woman.
(Photo: Shelma Navarrete / Expansion)
Government’s actions
In September 2024, Martí Batres, then head of Government of the CDMX, announced the Pilot Social Housing Program for young people from Mexico Citywith the first project in a parking lot in Doctor Lavista 105, in the Doctores neighborhood, which would be transformed into 158 departments aimed at young people aged 18 to 29.
The promise is to offer departments in areas with public services and transport with accessible income, which represent a maximum of 30% of the income of a young man or family, aimed at those who have income between one and two minimum wages, this is a rental of between 2,500 and 5,000 pesos per month.
As head of government of the CDMX he resumed and expanded the program by announcing that they will be Plaza Tlaxcoaque, in the Centro neighborhood; in the Buenos Aires neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc; In Tacuba, Miguel Hidalgo, and in El Rosario, in the Mayor’s Office Azcapotzalco.
However, Brugada expanded who will be beneficiaries, because in addition to young people, vulnerable people such as single mothers, adults of the elderly, people who have been evicted, among others will be directed.
