Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro housing rights activists have come together this February and March in a cycle of conferences to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Land and Housing Nucleus (NUTH), of […]
Clique aqui para Português Despite torrential rain and severe weather warnings, the characteristically resilient residents and supporters of Rio de Janeiro’s Vila Autódromo came out in droves on March 1, packing the São José Operário […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, December 5, the Rio de Janeiro City Council‘s Special Commission for the Right to Adequate Housing held a public hearing with residents of the South Zone favela of Vidigal, […]
Clique aqui para Português Launched in 2009 in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic Games, Porto Maravilha (Marvelous Port) is the largest urban redevelopment program in recent decades in Rio de Janeiro. Described as an […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 3 at 2pm, families protested at the doors of the Rio de Janeiro municipal government offices, demanding the social rent payments promised them following their eviction from urban occupations […]