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Squatting in Mexico

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gave indigenous people the right to property, yet squatting continues as a tactic to access land for many poor Mexicans. In order to highlight the housing need in the 1940s, an air force squadron parachuted onto land and established the EscuadrĂłn 201 district. Squatters then became known as
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The CORETT (Commission for the Regularization of Land Holdings) program aims to help squatters to register their land plots and has given titles to 2.5 million homes since its formation in 1993. CORETT runs the Programa de Apoyo de los Avecindados en Condiciones de Pobreza Patrimonial para
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Regularizar Asentimientos Humanos Irregulares (PASPRAH, Program to Support Regularization for Residents in Informal Settlements Who Lack Title and Live in Conditions of Material Poverty) which offers financial support of up to 10,000 pesos to help families register their land.
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As of 2017, an estimated 25 per cent of Mexico's urban population lived in informal settlements, in areas such as hillsides or the beds of lakes. Squatting occurs in cities such as
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González, Robert; de Santiago, Diego; Rodríguez, Marco Antonio (2020). "Squatted and Self-Managed Social Centres in Mexico City: Four Case Studies from 1978–2020".
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from the 19th century onwards. As of 2017, an estimated 25 per cent of Mexico's urban population lived in
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Cummings, Scott; Paradis, Lenora Finn; Alatriste, Cheryl Neal; Cornehls, James (1 May 1988).
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Indigenous migrants have squatted on the periphery of cities such as
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Index

Country marked in green
Self-built housing
Ramos Arizpe
Squatting
Mexico
Mexico City
informal settlements
self-managed social centres
Mexico City
Constitution of Mexico
informal settlements
Puebla
Playa del Carmen
Tijuana
Mexico City
self-managed social centres
Chanti Ollin
Okupa Che
Colonia Roma



doi
10.1285/i20356609v13i3p1269
"The Squatter Settlement as Slum or Housing Solution: Evidence from Mexico City"
doi
10.2307/3145530
ISSN
0023-7639
JSTOR

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