Why is PUSH Relevant in Mexico? 4 Housing Experts from Mexico Weigh In

After a long delay, PUSH the film is making its theatrical debut in Mexico! To celebrate, Fredrik and Leilani sit down with four experts, each involved with the right to housing in a different way, to discuss how the issues of financialization, housing policy, eviction, and more manifest in Mexico, from Guadalajara to Monterrey. 

• Andrés de la Peña, a journalist from Guadalajara talks about his investigation into financialization in Guadalajara, “The Uninhabitable City.” (hyperlink)
• Alejandra Reyes, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy at UC Irvine walks us through her research on the ability of households to access adequate housing
• Human rights lawyer and Director of the Human Rights Centre of the Monterrey Free Law School  Carla Luisa Escoffié Duarte breaks down different components of the right to housing, and discusses how unifying these is essential to the full realization of the right.
• Silvia Emannuelli, coordinator of Habitat International Coalition, takes us through the work her organization has done on rent or mortgage payment problems and eviction amongst residents of Mexico City.