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Squatter’s Rights: The Basics
Oct 7th
Since the era of Henry I in England, societies have understood that property ownership is an important means to building wealth for individuals and creating value for communities. Therefore, when property was left unclaimed or abandoned it wasn’t realistic to leave such a valuable resource unused and the government allowed the person who had labored to improve the land to be the legal title holder. Today, property abandonment still occurs as it did around 1068 and property rights obtained through these same methods are still recognized as a legitimate legal means to property ownership in the United States, Europe, and Brazil.
The term squatter’s rights is generally More >
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The Next Big Thing: Vila Autódromo
Oct 6th
To act like something still under scrutiny is decided is a well-known strategy to resolve an issue without having to systematize it. This is what (Rio’s largest daily) O Globo tried to do with its cover story this past Tuesday, October 4th, regarding the possible removal of Vila Autódromo, a community located adjacent to the future Olympic Park, in Rio’s West Zone. After stating with no justification that the community’s residents were assaulting fans waiting in line at Rock in Rio (music festival), the newspaper now emphasizes on the frontpage headline: “After the Rock (festival), Rio will rid itself of its favelas for More >
The City of Mega Events: Visibilities
Oct 4th
Original article published here by Inês Nin of OverMundo:
This city does not belong to you anymore. The Mayor has changed the rules, your neighbourhood is now far away, and there is a multi-million real development plan in place, which is starting to show its claws and wreak havoc. The logic that prevails is that of substitution–the problem replaced by make-up, sustained by the propaganda of prosperity.
The climate of euphoria brought about by the coming of two “mega events” to the city of Rio de Janeiro–the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016–has led to vast real estate speculation in the city, expelling residents More >
Re-writing the Future: An Interview with Neuza Nascimento
Sep 30th
Celebrating its 10th birthday last week, the Integrated Center in Support of Community Children and Teens (CIACAC) has grown into a community institution in Parque Jardim Beira Mar, a neighborhood within the Parada de Lucas favela, in Rio’s North Zone. Known for years of drug wars with neighboring Vigário Geral, Parada de Lucas had no alternative options for its children, until Neuza Nascimento, a mother and book-lover, at the time working cleaning homes, decided to take her son and some friends on a field trip one weekend to tease them away from the baile funk. That small act sparked Neuza to More >
Workshop Attempts to Infuse Participation into Rio’s Housing Plans
Sep 28th
The Rio de Janeiro City government, as represented by the Municipal Housing Secretary (SMH), has partnered with the Bento Rubião Human Rights Foundation (FBR), to organize a series of debates around Rio’s Municipal Housing and Social Interest Plan (Plano Municipal de Habitação de Interesse Social, or PMHIS). The series of five regional workshops and thematic seminars began on September 10th and are conducted weekly through October 15th, providing the public with opportunities to create and define strategies and actions with the stated purpose of advancing their living rights, as well as rights to the city, in the next fifteen years.
The Municipal Housing and More >
