"The pressure has grown since the pandemic, when digital nomads flocked to the city, and advocates say the looming FIFA World Cup is adding new incentive for owners hoping to profit from tourist demand. Mexico is co-hosting the tournament with Canada and the U.S. Maria Silvia Emanuelli, with International Habitat Coalition, an international housing rights non-profit, said there is no data yet available to gauge the specific im"
L.M. lives in an art deco apartment complex in Tacubaya, Mexico City, where ownership has shifted long-term units into multiple short-term rental units. After a year-to-year contract was not renewed, she and her roommates continued paying rent while facing the possibility of being forced out at any time. She reports a lack of protection and fears being blacklisted by landlords who may search prospective tenants online. She also says landlords have denied applications from people connected to activism around evictions and gentrification. Tenants describe “silent evictions” and link rising pressure to pandemic-era growth in short-term rentals, digital nomads, and expected tourist demand tied to the FIFA World Cup.
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