“…Displacement has become a major problem in the Argentine capital over the last decade, especially following the 2001-02 economic crisis, as recovery led to new developments, or redevelopment, aimed at securing higher rents and transnational investment (Gorelik, 2006;Kanai, 2010). The period since the crisis has seen poor, middle-class, and wealthy areas all undergoing massive construction and renovation (Carman, 2011;Herzer et al, 2007;Kanai, 2011;Thomasz, 2008), with housing costs increasing precipitously, if unevenly, across the city (Baer, 2008).…”