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Building Cleared, Rent Aid Advances After Paseos de Taxqueña Explosion

Monthly rent support hinges on Mexico City’s signoff on operating rules.

Overview

  • Officials say all 24 apartments have been vacated and the six damaged units were shored to enable rehabilitation.
  • A site command post on Paseo de Los Naranjos, Paseo de Los Cipreses and Paseo de Los Duraznos continues to provide legal, medical and psychological assistance along with hot meals.
  • The last belongings of affected families are slated for removal with municipal help for packing, loading and moving to relocation sites.
  • Coyoacán is preparing to issue monthly rent checks to displaced occupants once the Mexico City government approves and publishes the program’s operating rules.
  • Mayor Giovani Gutiérrez said rent aid will be granted without distinctions and announced that procedures will be communicated through official channels, while thanking city and federal forces for their coordination.