This week, we explore how Mexico City is challenging the global housing crisis through innovative female leadership. While 26,000 Airbnb listings have transformed the city's housing landscape, primarily benefiting large investors rather than residents, women at the helm of Mexico's government are implementing bold solutions. Their vision includes building one million new homes and constitutional reforms to expand affordable rental options for working-class and young people.
Our guest, Maria Silvia Emmanuelli, Coordinator for Habitat International Coalition Latin America and advisor to the housing ministry, discusses Mexico City's groundbreaking regulation of short-term rentals and plans for 100 "utopias" – public spaces centered on care and social harmony.
Fredrik, Leilani, and Maria Silvia examine how this rare alignment between city and federal government is enabling creative approaches that could inspire new solutions to housing challenges worldwide.