It became a country that received foreign capital and massive immigration, mainly Italians and Spanish people, who arrived in search of living and working conditions that were non-existent in Europe at the time, giving rise to a growing urbanization process.

[5] Between 1895 and 1905, the vegetative[clarification needed] growth of the City of Buenos Aires reached 52.5%, and total migration was 65.5%, 51.8% of which belonged to non-natives.

Between 20 and 70 people had a single latrine to attend to their needs and "the ammonia fumes that escape inside make those who enter them experience discomfort and tears.

The movement failed but resurfaced three years later from the attempt to form a "League Against Rentals", although general indifference ended up dissolving it.

From then on, and through the action of subcommittees, propaganda and conferences, the preaching against the almost continuous rise in rents and tax charges that decimated the wages of the workers was intensified.

The Tenant Strike was one of the most important demonstrations of the time, marking a turning point in subsequent struggles for the right to housing in Argentina.