Homelessness is on the rise in Buenos Aires - Up 57% in the last 2 years

[marbella]

The homeless situation is very sad but part of it is that this administration is pro-business. They are finally kicking out squatters from places they took over and there are a ton of eviction cases of people that have been basically squatting in their places as the court system takes forever to go through. The government has fast tracked these so lots of people getting kicked out and homeless too if they don't have family or friends that will take them in.

This totally connects. There are 600 properties recovered from squatters. Some as many as 100 people per building. Look at all these recent recapture of buildings. All those people are probably homeless now.

 

[Avocado]

It is VERY bad now thanks to Milei.

Social drama: Argentina's homeless crisis

Number of people living on streets increased by 30% in Buenos Aires City over last year; Economic and mental health problems in the capital.

www.batimes.com.ar

 

[oil rush]

I posted this on your other thread avocado.

It breaks my heart to walk through downtown these days. Having spent so much time living and working there since the early 2000s, and now returning just to visit friends and family, I can honestly say I have never seen the despair run this deep.

I remember asking my friend after COVID if the streets had always been this full of homeless people with nowhere to go, and we both realized how rapidly things were deteriorating. He told me in 2023, there was just one familiar face on his street. By the time he moved, there were 12 people living just yards from his building's entrance, and another gentle woman who would sleep on his stoop. She never bothered him and always slipped away before sunrise, but her silent presence was a heavy reminder of how much the poverty was quietly, undeniably exploding around his apartment. Now, the numbers are finally reflecting that tragic reality.

When you look at the systemic failures, it is just devastating. The state’s Volver al Trabajo plan offers a single person without children a mere $78,000 pesos to survive on, and even that is tied to a strict 70% attendance requirement for skills classes. It is deeply sad to realize that this isn't even enough to cover basic groceries for a single adult. How can we possibly expect someone to sit in a classroom and learn when their stomach is empty and their bed is the cold pavement?

The hardest part is the sinking feeling that this suffering is only going to deepen. With the administration shifting this program to be strictly training-based, cutting off what little financial lifeline was left, people will soon struggle to even buy a simple sandwich to get through the day. It is a tragedy unfolding in slow motion, leaving the most vulnerable completely abandoned.

 

[Esposas]

This totally connects. There are 600 properties recovered from squatters. Some as many as 100 people per building. Look at all these recent recapture of buildings. All those people are probably homeless now.

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I think it is good they are taking back some of these buildings. I talked to one of my husband's cousin that waited 7 years to get his building back. He bought it and then many families moved in and he couldn't get them out. Finally he got them out a few months ago. I wondered what happened to all these families but I guess they are probably living on the streets now or maybe went to another building.

 

[Finance Prof]

Recoleta in March 2026

 

[VINO]

Many of the homeless here (like other countries) seem like they are drunk or on drugs. Or some have mental illness. They don't want to get off the street.

 

[Avocado]

The new normal in Buenos Aires.