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Vecindad -LRB- Spanish , ` neighbourhood ' -RRB- is a Latin American term for a building containing several -LRB- often low-income oriented -RRB- housing units .. Spanish. Spanish language. Latin American. Hispanic and Latino Americans. Originally a form of housing created through the subdivision of vacated elite housing in historic centres in Mexican cities , where rooms around a central patio were let to families who shared facilities -LRB- such as lavatories and / or kitchens -RRB- with the other tenants .. Also , purpose-built vecindades were constructed in the early 20th century to meet the demand for central low-income housing and only resembling the original vecindades by having small units and shared facilities .. The term is now used ambiguously .. In some Latin American countries the `` vecindades '' are called `` conventillos '' .. Latin American. Hispanic and Latino Americans. The word is a derogative from `` convento ''  : cloister .. The name comes from the similarity of the spatial distribution of the buildings  : covered living spaces around an open court or `` patio '' .. Important is the inherent social tissue of the `` vecindad / conventillo '' .. The dwellers form a complex communal unit with a varied gamma of social interrelationships .. The outside world very often considers the inhabitants of a `` vecindad '' as a group of slum people projecting on them their prejudices against the lower classes .. But the `` vecindad / conventillo '' has also been an inspiration source of creativity .. Novels , popular music , visual arts describe romantically the `` vecindad '' life .. The word vecindad can also refer to a person 's legal residence , in terms of a city , province , or state , not just a neighborhood .. In Guatemala , there 's a national ID referred to as carnet de vecindad ; not mattering the actual `` neighborhood '' but giving the person a legal document saying they are from that country .. Category  : Mexican architecture