Juan Weidemann is 29 years old and lives in Versalles, Buenos Aires, in the same house as his mother Patricia and his father Carlos (Luciano González).
Juan says that he lives both in his house and in the apartment of Camila, his girlfriend of two and a half years. He does not feel desperate to leave the family home (Luciano González)
Juan is a River fan, he will turn 30 in April 2024, he is a psychologist and works at the same school where he attended primary and secondary (Luciano González)
According to Alejandro Bennazar, president of the Argentine Real Estate Chamber, at the beginning of August there were 936 rental properties for seven million people
“You have to dedicate between 60 and 80% of your income to rent. And then you have to pay for services and live. It is practically impossible,” considers Juan Weidemann (Luciano González)
Juan and his mother Patricia. He was born in Ciudadela and when he was 14 years old, his family moved to the Versalles neighborhood. He acknowledged having been looking for an apartment to live with his girlfriend in Caballito (Luciano González).
Juan is a member of 47.8% of young people between the ages of 18 and 35 from 31 urban conglomerates who still live in the family home, according to the Permanent Household Survey for the first quarter of 2023 (Luciano González).
“As a result of the difficulties in accessing home ownership, and hand in hand with changes in the ways of living in households, in Argentina there is a marked trend of tenantization,” says a CIPPEC report.
Between 2010 and 2022, the number of tenants increased by 70% according to information from INDEC. It coincides with the period in which more homes were built throughout the country
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