Villa 20 is located in the Villa Lugano neighborhood, Commune 8, in the southwest of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, a region that includes most of the city’s villas and has the second highest concentration of green spaces, among which Parque de la Ciudad, Parque del Bicentenario and Parque Indoamericano stand out. The latter was occupied by thousands of people in 2010 to protest and demand better housing conditions.

Located about 16 km from the central area, it occupies an area of about 48 hectares, where almost 30,000 people live, resulting in a population density of 625 inhabitants per hectare, which is four times higher than the average density of the city. It is easily accessible by bus and is served by two Premetro (light rail) stations – Escalada and Pola – but there is no subway station nearby. Villa 20 has health, education, sports and leisure facilities, as well as a good range of shops and services in its perimeter and immediate surroundings. Today, the main problem of Villa 20 is still sanitation (mainly water and sewerage), although parts of the neighborhood have already received public interventions in the last decades and since 2016 it has been undergoing a comprehensive “reurbanization” process led by the Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad (IVC).