BUENOS AIRES, Jan 13 — Standing next to his self-built home reached by a steep ladder in a Buenos Aires slum, resident Miguel Romero is sceptical about the future despite ambitious government plans to improve the oldest shanty area in Argentina’s capital. “I built this home 11 years ago with...
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City authorities have invested millions of dollars to develop and improve the sprawling Villa 31 slum in the heart of Buenos Aires. But in the past four years, city hall and government authorities have invested in projects to give formal land titles to local residents. They fear development projects are going to push those with fewer resources out of the area which sits on prime real estate in one of Buenos Aires’ most expensive areas.
“The new homes aren’t built as well, and they are too far away, so we’re not leaving,” 43-year-old Romero said. “The project isn’t just about homes,” said Juan Salari, an official from the Buenos Aires sub-secretariat of infrastructure. Authorities have also built some 126 additional homes in another part of the settlement for people who lost their homes after new development projects began.
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