Minister of Cities Bruno Araújo announced last week that the federal government will resume construction of social housing through the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) program in August. The program was temporarily suspended following President Dilma […]
Clique aqui para Português Almost exactly one year after the Favela da Skol in Complexo de Alemão voiced their concerns to Rio de Janeiro’s public defenders and state government about their precarious situation following evictions, […]
Clique aqui para Português Built to house the residents removed from Vila Autódromo and costing R$105 million (US$30 million), Parque Carioca has been used extensively by Mayor Eduardo Paes’ administration as a model example of the Minha […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The first report, […]
Last week marked five years of Studio-X in Rio, a partnership between Columbia University’s Graduate School in Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) and the City of Rio de Janeiro. According to the Studio-X Rio website, […]