On the morning of Tuesday, the City Police evicted a former hotel taken in the Barrio de Constitución. The building, located in Salta 1814 – a few meters from the Plaza Constitution Station of the Roca Train – had been closed in 2016 for safety and hygiene reasons, but continued to function without legal qualification. The eviction order was authorized by justice after its irregular use was verified.
The operation was coordinated by police officers together with teams from the Ministries of Public Space and Urban Hygiene and Human Development and Habitat. According to the city government, the intervention is part of a broader policy that seeks to guarantee the urban order, the security and recovery of public space.
“We order the public space so that each one can live, work and progress in a country where who has a prize is the one that meets the rules,” said the head of government, Jorge Macri, referring to the operations that his management promotes in different parts of the city.
Since the beginning of his mandate, the Buenos Aires Executive claims to have recovered 378 properties in an irregular situation. The strategy also includes interventions in areas with high informal street sales concentration, such as Once, Retiro, Flores, Centenario Park, Chacarita, Liniers and Constitution. In those neighborhoods, operations were deployed to release paths and avoid the occupation of public space by Manteros.
In parallel, this morning the eviction of a railway site was also completed in the Villa del Parque neighborhood. This is a 390 square meter land located in Santo Tomé at 2300, known as “La Dairy”. It had been ceded in 2017 to formally registered cartoner cooperatives for cars save, but enabling won in 2022 and was not renewed. According to the authorities, the place was since then between 30 and 40 unregistered workers, and also used for housing and collection of materials, which motivated the claim of neighbors in the area. The property was restored to the Railway Operator State Sociedad (Sofse), owner of the property.
Among the recent background is the eviction of the so -called “Casa Blaquier”, located in defense at 100, in the Buenos Aires historic center. The building, which had been occupied for more than four decades, is part of the city museum complex and was released after a court order. The city government argued that the property will be destined for cultural functions.
Urban control evictions and operations are defended by the Buenos Aires Executive as part of an ordering and recovery policy of common spaces. “Our goal is to guarantee free movement in a city with the same opportunities for all,” said Jorge Macri.
Meanwhile, social sectors and neighborhood organizations raise repairs to these types of interventions, in particular when they affect informal workers or people in vulnerability. The discussion about the use of public space, its regulation and inclusion mechanisms continues to be an axis of debate on the urban agenda.
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