“You have to be a hell of a fool”: they struck down the panista who promotes real estate to millennials

Ana Villagrandeputy of the CDMX Local Congress for the PANproposed granting tax benefits to banks and construction companies to ensure that young millennials can access a mortgage creditbut not the one of social interest, but the one “that you like so much”, therefore they flooded it on social networks.

On February 13, the teacher Villagrán Villasana presented an initiative project whose aim is to facilitate the access of young people recently graduated from university to mortgage loans for two or three million pesos (“or more”), betting that if the government granted privileges to banks and construction companies, they would support young professionals.

“You, young millennial, wouldn’t you like to acquire the apartment you are looking for so much?

The former Cuauhtémoc adviser posted a video on her official Twitter account, where she developed her proposal and explained that what she is looking for is that young people can take on a million dollar debt with payment facilities to exercise their right of access to housing; in return, the government will favor whoever builds the apartment and whoever finances the debt.

“I don’t want the government to give you anything, I want you to be able to buy that apartment you love so much for 2 million, 3 million or more”

The flag bearer of the National Action Party (PAN) stressed that this is not social housing, but “an apartment you deserve”. Additionally, he said he wants “the government of Mexico City to take responsibility” for this demographic, although he did not explain how it is that favoring a bank or a construction company makes it happen. this goal.

In this regard, it should be noted that the housing habits of the population millennium They have changed compared to previous generations, because even if it is a population that has had higher education and is part of the formal sector, barely have access to their own home in Mexico City.

Many phenomena intervene in the impossibility for young people to buy an apartment in CDMX; however, the ones that stand out are the real estate speculation, gentrification and overpopulation. Moreover, the centralization of major businesses in CDMX has caused the working class to leave the city and settle in the outskirts of the capital, where rents and mortgages are cheaper, therefore, by not mentioning these factors in their initiative, certain people criticized which was raised by Ana Villagrán.

Such was the case of the economist Viri Rios, who underlined that nothing fundamental is resolved, since a few are privileged to the detriment of the incomes of the working class: “Help those who created the problem. let them make more money please…It is not enough. Then then, give to those who have the most”.

All by himself, the economist who identifies himself on Twitter as SojaGusGuss He condemned the superficiality of the initiative, as it promotes one of the phenomena that increase housing costs in Mexico City.

“You have to be foolish enough to believe that the granting of tax relief will make credit available to young people with minimal credit histories and incomes below 400,000 a year. Ana, you don’t know what you’re talking about, you’re ashamed”

The ravages of displacement in Mexico City are already palpable for the indigenous population, as in many cases residents of higher value neighborhoods have had to leave their homes to find cheaper housing. This phenomenon manifests itself with greater intensity in town halls Benito Juarez, Miguel Hidalgo, Cuauhtemoc and Coyoacan, since neighborhoods and towns began to be inhabited by people with higher purchasing power. Moreover, the irregular construction of “luxury” housing complexes not only makes the different areas more expensive, but also represents a attack on the environment and violate the water supply capitalists.