Overview

• A second anti-gentrification march is scheduled for July 20 at 3 p.m. along Avenida Insurgentes Sur, starting at Metrobús Fuentes Brotantes and ending at El Caminero.
• Neighborhoods like Roma, Condesa and Juárez have seen rent increases of up to 80 percent, forcing many families to relocate to peripheral areas.
• Morena and PVEM blocs will host parliamentary “Dialogues Against Gentrification” to address housing rights, cultural identity and private sector accountability.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum and city officials unveiled rent caps, a social housing land bank and short-term rental restrictions as new anti-speculation measures this week.
• Public opinion remains divided between those praising gentrification’s infrastructure investments and those denouncing rapid market-driven displacement as structural violence.