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My House My Life [public housing program]

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Authorities Fail to Monitor Whether Public Housing Residents Benefit from the Program

By Luã Marinatto, Rafael Soares • Translation by Emma Platais • February 11, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Jornal Extra, click here [original article features video with X.]. The Ministry of Cities, the federal bank Caixa, the Municipal Housing Secretariat–none of these authorities know if […]

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Change in BRT TransOlímpica Route Announced in Vila União de Curicica: Good News or Trojan Horse?

By Ian Waldron • December 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Hundreds of residents from Vila União de Curicica filled the local Parque União de Curicica samba school on the night of Monday December 22 to learn of the proposed change to […]

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Nova Tuffy Occupiers in Alemão Evicted With Nowhere to Go

By Nicole Froio • December 18, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Hundreds of families were evicted from the Favela Nova Tuffy occupation in Complexo do Alemão on Tuesday December 16. Over 2,000 people had been living in the abandoned factory owned by […]

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Solano Trindade Occupation Celebrates Success While Offering Compelling Critique of Federal Housing Program

By Francis Torres • November 28, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On Friday November 20, members and supporters of the National Movement of Housing Vindication (Movimento Nacional de Luta Pela Moradia, or MNLM) came together to celebrate the early successes of the Solano Trindade occupation […]

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Landless Workers Movement Celebrates Black Awareness Day on Leblon Beach [VIDEO]

By Eduarda Araujo, Nicole Froio • November 25, 2014

Hundreds of people from the Landless Workers Movement (MTST) celebrated Black Awareness Day in the very wealthy neighborhood of Leblon. Along with celebrating Afro-Brazilian culture, the event sought to challenge city boundaries that marginalize Afro-Brazilians to the […]

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