Urban and

Housing National

Policy

November 2013

COP19/CMP9

United Nations

Climate Change Conference

Warsaw 2013

CONTENT

I. Context: Urban and housing reality in Mexico

II. Urban and housing national policy: Challenges, strategies and instruments

III. Sustainable strategies

IV. Instruments for controlling the growth of urban sprawl

Instruments for controlling the growth of urban sprawl

Geostatistical Information System of Urban Development, Land and

Housing

URBAN CONTAINMENT PERIMETERS

U1U2U3

Territorial reserves with approved urban land use

Urban Development Plan limit

U1: Central Boundary, with high concentration of

infrastructure, services and business /

employment

U2: intermediate boundary, services coverage level up to

75%

U3: Expansion boundary and urban growth adjacent to

consolidated urban sprawl.

Territorial reserves, urban perimeter and urban

development plan limit

• Urban Containment Perimeters in the implementation of new housing model:

• City surface must only grow under the minimum required

• Housing developments outside the urban boundaries should be the exception

Housing development funding with territorial criteria

Instruments for controlling the growth of urban sprawl

Modernization of Cadaster system and Public Property Registry

http://imco.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iipm_2012_final.pdf

The property taxes collected in Mexico represent only 0.1% of GDP. On average, OECD countries tax collection is up to 10 times higher. U.S. property tax

collection is 30 times

Property tax collection as a % of 2009 GDP

http://imco.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iipm_2012_final.pdf

In Mexico, municipalities with low tax collection are highly

dependent to property taxes. Municipalities in Colombia collect over

6 times more property taxes which deliver an additional 1.4%

revenue towards GDP

Municipal revenue breakdown (2009 GDP)

Modernization of Cadaster system and Public Property Registry

Property taxes

Municipal tax collection

59.3%* of the overall municipal tax revenue is regarded to property taxes