page_title: Villa miseria
section_title: Villa 31
hierarchical_section_title: Villa miseria / Villa 31
caption_attribution_description: English: Buenos Aires Slum Español: Villa 31, en Buenos Aires
context_page_description: A villa miseria, or just villa, is a type of shanty town or slum found in Argentina, mostly around the largest urban settlements.
context_section_description: Villa 31 is a large villa miseria in Buenos Aires, close to Retiro railway station.
  It dates from the 1930s and in 2017 had around 40,000 inhabitants. The city council plans to renovate the area by 2020, by improving housing, offering the opportunity for people to become home owners and connecting electricity, water and sewage facilities. The $320 million plan, financed by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, aimed to resettle squatters into 1,350 new homes. At least 30% of the residents were concerned that they would not be rehoused.
caption: Villa 31 in Buenos Aires
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