Buenos Aires City Judge Roberto Gallardo summoned city Mayor Mauricio Macri to testify in the case investigating the living conditions of tenements inhabitants in the La Boca neighbourhood.
The judge also ordered to close down four homeless shelters, “a measure that will be applied before October 5,” in order to re-adapt and safeguard their inhabitants.
The decision was made after an appeal for legal protection was filed by a member of the Habitat Rehab Programme of La Boca neighbourhood (PRHBLB) and the city ombudsman, Alicia Pierini, against the Buenos Aires City government and its City Housing Institute (IVC).
Gallardo highlighted in his ruling the conditions of “extreme deprivation” that people are living in, leaving their basic rights in a «vulnerable situation.”
buenosairesherald.com