Overview
- UOCRA presented to the Chamber of Deputies' Housing and Urban Planning commission on Wednesday and reported that 91,000 formal construction jobs have been lost since President Javier Milei took office.
- The union said between 35,000 and 50,000 of those lost jobs were tied to housing construction, with social housing singled out as especially labor intensive.
- Witnesses at the hearing blamed a sharp fall in public works, dollar‑priced construction costs per square meter, scarce credit and fragmented provincial and municipal rules for making private housing development unviable.
- Industry and provincial officials urged a national housing law, better data on social‑housing construction, coordinated action across provinces, municipalities, finance and the private sector, and retraining programs for displaced workers.
- The commission hearing represents early legislative scrutiny but the coverage reports no concrete federal policy changes yet, leaving thousands of workers without short‑term reintegration prospects and housing access at risk of worsening.