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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Homelessness is on the rise in Buenos Aires - Up 57% in the last 2 years
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Avocado
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It is VERY bad now thanks to Milei.
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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.
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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.
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
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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
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Recoleta in March 2026
James Bond
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Poverty and homelessness is actually on the increase.
infonews.com
La UCA determinó que en la última mitad de 2025 la pobreza subió un 3 por ciento
El procesamiento de datos oficiales muestra un quiebre en la amañada tendencia descendente de la pobreza, con un incremento reciente y señales de un...
infonews.com
Nasdaq
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Yes probably end of last year to now it's going up.Poverty and homelessness is actually on the increase.
La UCA determinó que en la última mitad de 2025 la pobreza subió un 3 por ciento
El procesamiento de datos oficiales muestra un quiebre en la amañada tendencia descendente de la pobreza, con un incremento reciente y señales de un...
And although Milei is saying to ramp up the chainsaw, welfare has gone up under him.
The sheer volume of people receiving aid has also increased. Current 2026 data shows that the total number of benefits granted through primary social policies reached roughly 7.4 million in 2025, up from around 4.7 million in 2009. The system is currently supporting over six million active plans.
Wonder what homeless would be without this welfare.
lemonade
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Oh sweet Jesus. So I guess the chainsaw isn't swinging that much. What are these? Sort of bribes to the poor? Will they be enough to keep them happy and voting LLA? It actually seems smart but totally against what Milei said they would do.
Maybe because the chainsaw maker went out of business 🙂
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