The recent announcement by the National State on the sale of public properties evokes a once again well-known (and long-suffering) strategy of “sell grandma’s jewelry.”
Decree 950/2024, published on October 25, details the intention to sell vacant land, properties, and entire hectares in the hands of the State Property Administration Agency (AABE). In it, They appear in 309 new plots, which are added to the unfinished sales process that the macrismo had started, since article 1 incorporates all the properties put up for sale between 2015-2019 that today appear on the AABE website as “future auctions”.
To size, in the province of Mendoza they sell a plot of mores of 13,000 hectareareas of the mountain range in the border area with Chile and another in the same province of Mores of 5,000 hectareareas in the town of San Carlos. Will there be another Lewis interested in making a hidden lake? Let us keep in mind that the administration of Mauricio Macri’s government also sold state properties, mostly belonging to the Armed Forces, and in any case ended up requesting credit from the International Monetary Fund. After that experience, the Argentine State was left with fewer assets and more debts.
The magnitude of the proposal to sell public assets by the government of Javier Milei is such that within the list there are two historical memory sites that were clandestine centers during the civil-military dictatorship of 1976.
We are talking about the property of the former La Perla Chica clandestine detention and torture center in the province of Córdoba, which functioned as an annex to the La Perla clandestine detention center and the land where the La Huerta clandestine detention center operated in the town of Tandil.
Let’s look at our square meter. ¿Whatand What happens in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires? Despite growing housing problems and rivalry over limited public and community assets, 22 properties were put up for sale as of Decree 950/2024 and are already on the AABE website announced as “future auctions” about 24 more plots. You can see these points on the map below.
This act not only puts state heritage at risk, but also raises serious questions about urban planning and the management of public spaces in a context where housing and social demand is critical. Real estate, particularly urban land, is essential tools for city planning and resolution.problem numbersocial attics. The ability to project desired scenarios and influence the land market depends, to a large extent, on how these resources are managed. However, the current proposal seems to go in the opposite direction, promoting a comprehensive scrapping that translates into the loss of strategic spaces.
When looking at properties listed for sale, A concentration is evident in the areas with the highest land value: Palermo, Belgrano, Recoleta, Puerto Madero and the central area. This trend is not only alarming from an economic point of view, but also puts urban diversity and accessibility to spaces that could be used for community purposes at risk.
Among the notable properties are buildings that housed state agencies, remnants of infrastructural spaces and properties with heritage value.. The sale of these assets, which include everything from an old INTA building (Cerviño 3101) to empty properties in central areas, reflects a logic of dismantling that ignores the potential that these spaces have for the social and cultural well-being of the city.
Some cases remind us that spaces are part of our history and collective identity. Let us think, for example, of the sale of the property occupied by the former Ministry of Women. (Cochabamba and Huergo) or the property in front of the Plaza del Congreso, at Rivadavia 1675, 1700 m2 and a few meters from the Gaumont Cinema, assigned to the former Ministry of Culture for a future “Reserves and Conservation of the National Museum of Fine Arts” space. Its sale not only represents a pandmaterial loss, but alsoandn an impoverishment of urban life.
The proposal for future auctions by the State Asset Administration Agency (AABE) suggests that the trend towards the disposal of public assets could spread, which poses a worrying scenario for the future of our cities. The community must be alert and demand critical reflection on this process, which, more than an economic solution, could be a setback in our ability to build a more equitable and accessible city.
At a time when citizen participation and sustainable urban planning are more necessary than ever, the The State must reconsider its priorities and opt for management models that value public assets instead of sacrificing them for immediate benefit..
Economist, Director of Banco Ciudad.
Source: Ambito
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