Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned xenophobic and classist outbursts at a Friday march against gentrification and vowed legal and administrative action against discrimination.
- She attributed surging rents and displacement to post-pandemic digital nomads and Airbnb-driven speculation, and said the federal government will work with Sedatu to regulate short-term rentals.
- CDMX head Clara Brugada pledged a forthcoming proposal to combat gentrification by anchoring long-term residents and reinforcing community ties in central neighborhoods.
- Secretary César Cravioto announced plans to build 200,000 affordable homes and convene citizen working groups to design and implement rent-control policies.
- Official data show more than 20,000 low-income households are displaced each year from central boroughs, driving over 1.5 million daily commutes and deepening socioeconomic segregation.