COMMISSIONS: Medellin: Fragile Future for the Miracle City: 21_20150308medellin0067

View of Nuevo Occidente, a massive social housing complex located on the outskirts of Medellin, where mostly displaced or forced evicted families live. There are no social services, no grocery stores, or restaurants. Residents have created makeshift shops from their apartments or cars, to sell medicine, hardware, cakes, fruits and vegetables, but most items are higher in cost because they are brought in from outside the neighborhood. It takes residents over an hour during rush hour to the city center.

View of Nuevo Occidente, a massive social housing complex located on the outskirts of Medellin, where mostly displaced or forced evicted families live. There are no social services, no grocery stores, or restaurants. Residents have created makeshift shops from their apartments or cars, to sell medicine, hardware, cakes, fruits and vegetables, but most items are higher in cost because they are brought in from outside the neighborhood. It takes residents over an hour during rush hour to the city center.