This tread could hopefully shed some light on Villas Miserias here in Buenos Aires. Anybody with experience or knowledge please post it here. When I first arrived here I was warned about the dangers of Villas but from my own experience have found that the people living there are humble and helpful, I have only visited in 4 different villas at different times of the hour but never felt any danger. What I have found out is that the government issues deeds for the homes (shacks) there but not for the land they sit on and they can not be sold but they can be transferred within a family, they also do not pay for electric or water.