The Permanent Assembly of Neighbors of Guernica issued a joint statement demanding concrete answers from provincial and municipal authorities, four years after the eviction of around 1500 families who had occupied land in Guernica in search of decent housing. The statement criticizes national government policies and announces a mobilization demanding housing.
The statement highlights the lack of progress in construction, overdue subsidies, and the need for popular oversight in housing development. Local political figures are held responsible, and it is demanded that commitments made in the Municipality of Presidente Perón be honored. The persistence in the struggle for the right to housing is emphasized, and the criminalization, austerity, and repression are rejected.
The evicted families will gather at Esquina El Dado and then mobilize to the Municipality of Guernica to demand that the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, and mayor Blanca Cantero fulfill their agreements. Respect for the monitoring commission is requested, and there are demands against government austerity and repression. The 2020 eviction was brutal and created a crisis for the families, who are awaiting concrete responses after years of negotiations.
The fight for the right to housing continues in Guernica, where affected families continue to demand substantial solutions and denounce repression, delays, and bureaucracy as responses to their demands. The mobilization of the neighbors is set against a backdrop of national claims, with strikes and mobilizations from various sectors of society against government policies.