Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo, in Rio’s West Zone, is under extreme pressure of evictions from the City in preparation for the 2016 Olympics. Most residents have left, selling their houses to the City or exchanging them for […]
Clique aqui para Português On Thursday June 18, the Port Urban Development Company (CDURP) of Rio de Janeiro hosted a second public hearing regarding a Participatory Housing Plan for the Port area, following an introductory meeting on […]
A public hearing on a plan for social housing in the Port region of Rio de Janeiro took place on Wednesday June 10. Housing Secretary Carlos Portinho introduced the meeting as a “point of departure from […]
For the original in Portuguese by Vladimir Platonow, published in Agência Brasil, click here. Nearly a week after the confrontation between residents of Vila Autódromo and municipal guards in Jacarepaguá, near the future Olympic Village, […]
For the original in Portuguese by Melissa Cannabrava, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. “We only want what was promised!” The hundreds of families that were removed from the community known as Favelinha da […]