Housing

             Despite being the one of the largest cities in the world, more than 40% of its population lives below the poverty line. A third of the 19 million people live in shantytowns on the outskirts of the city without basic services such as water or electricity.  On average 3,000 Mexicans are homeless in Mexico City every night. For many of the elders, their family often abandons them. Many public housings are turning into slums without proper administration, low standards and cheap construction, leaving citizens homeless. In addition to traditional houses and condos, there are five types of housing for the lower class

There are five types:

·            Colonias populares: the most critical housing conditions

·            Inner-city rental slums: abandoned houses converted into treatment for poor citizens

·            Ciudades perdidas: small-scale pockets of shanty housing on vacant lots

·            Cuartos de azotea: these are servants’ quarters and makeshift accommodation on the  
                                            roofs of apartments

·            Deteriorated public housing projects: many formally produced, subsidized owner-
                                                                         occupied housing projects built for the
                                                                         working classes. 

Source: 

• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/Global_Report/cities/mexico.htm
• http://www.urban-age.net/10_cities/05_mexicoCity/mexicoCity_H+N.html

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