Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores

Planned housing developments continue to be built on the outskirts of Tijuana. Mexican authorities say they want to promote infill development and sustainable housing.

Mexicans are abandoning their suburban dreams and their ‘birdcage’ homes

January 9, 2014Development & Education

Mexico built tens of thousands of suburban houses to support a home-owning boom, with the hope that cities would expand around these communities. But it’s not working out that way. Now the country has 600,000 abandoned homes.

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