Problems With Homelessness on the Rise in Puerto Vallarta The Guadalajara Post
go to original May 9, 2022

The director of Municipal Tourism, José Ludvig Estrada Virgen, lamented the proliferation of homeless people in the center of the city, which he said affects the image of the destination, in addition to the fact that they are already a danger because some are aggressive.

He indicated that the Municipal Tourism office receives from visitors one to two complaints per day from the homeless. He recognized the effort made by the Municipal System for the Integral Development of the Family, DIF Vallarta, to address the problem and try to return them to their families and places of origin.

“We receive one or two complaints a day, sometimes there are none, but they are things that you see here in the city center. Fortunately, the DIF is beginning to locate their families and is relocating them. The other day I was with Father Roberto, here in the church of Guadalupe, he told us that there are families who leave their people there to ask for money”, he highlighted.

The truth is that every day this social phenomenon grows more, there are more people of all ages who do their physiological needs and sleep on the streets of Puerto Vallarta, the same on sidewalks, as under bridges, beaches, boardwalks and the Cuale River Island.



To the complaints of the neighbors, the call for attention from the visitors has already been added, urging a comprehensive solution.

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