SLUMS OF BUENOS

AIRES

MAX KENNEDY | CHANNAH FOREMAN | ASHLEY PATTERSON | JESSE GRAVDAHL

Villa Miseria neighborhood of misery

Villa Miseria is a form of shanty town or slum found in Argentina,

especially in and around the large cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario and

Mendoza.

In Buenos Aires, the population of villas miseria doubled in the 1990s,

reaching 120,000 as of 2005.

Villa 31

Built in 1930’s for families effected by the economic crisis of 1929

Villa 31 evacuated after military dictatorship, but later repopulated after democracy was achieved.

Life in the Slums

Due to the terrain of Buenos Aires, building huts and homes is difficult and uneven, living conditions become increasingly harsh as the slum population increases.

Lack of services such as garbage pick-up create large trash piles around the slums.Crime rates in the slum are also extremely high due to lack of

emergency and law forces.

Suggestions

Create market-rate, affordable, public housing units.

Creation and funding from other counties/governments to stop problems in current slums, such as : 1. Creation of law enforcements to stop

crime.2. Creation of services (hospitals, medical

services, etc.)3. Creation of self-sustaining industries, so

that the countries can achieve their own significant incomes.

The Problem Worsens

Conditions aren’t improving.Predictions say within one decade half of the

population of Buenos Aires will live in slums.

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