Judicial Intervention and Habitability

The case of the Padre Mugica Urban Complex in Buenos Aires

Abstract

Since 2020, the habitability conditions have been investigated and construction and maintenance proposals have been developed for the Padre Mugica housing complex, located in the Villa Lugano neighbourhood, Comuna 8 of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The investigation arises at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Nation with the objective of contributing to the solution of a housing conflict framed in the "Mendoza Case." From the request, the need to clarify legal tools and institutional devices capable of guaranteeing the joint and participatory work of all those involved in relocation processes of inhabitants from towns and settlements is evident. With this experience, it is expected to provide bases to contribute to the search for solutions in accordance with the emerging aspects of the process as a whole that, from a participatory approach, facilitate the formulation of consensual and surpassing proposals that guarantee adequate habitability conditions.