Gloria and her granddaughter, Francenny Acevedo, 14, on the balcony of their apartment in Nuevo Occidente, a massive social housing complex, which is home to mostly displaced or forcibly evicted families. 18 family members live in a 70 square metre apartment given to them by the city in order to relocate the family from Moravia, a former garbage dump turned public garden. The family's world takes place mostly inside their apartment. The children do not play outside because the parents say its too dangerous with speeding motorbikes and bad neighbours. The family says the city promised parks and programs for the children, but it never came. They often miss their old neighbourhood. In recent years the city has been transformed using a model city authorities have named 'social urbanism'. This involved heavy investment in the city's poorer areas, education and business development and its urban transportation system. The murder rates have dropped ten fold and the city, although not without serious issues, has been acclaimed worldwide for its innovation and social progress. Despite all the improvements, Medellin's residents continue to be displaced from their homes by inner city drug gangs and a half century of war, the world's longest lasting current conflict.