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My House My Life [public housing program]

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Despite Questions, Presidential Candidates Lean on Federal Housing Program for Electoral Support

By Sara McTarnaghan • October 3, 2014

Clique aqui para Português In 2009, a new federal housing program, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) or My Life My House, redirected resources for housing and local development in urban Brazil towards mass-construction of public housing. […]

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Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by Justin McGuirk [BOOK REVIEW]

By Sara McTarnaghan • September 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português In his book Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture, art critic Justin McGuirk takes readers on a ride across the physical and social landscapes of urban Latin America, […]

Galpão de antiga fábrica de tecidos está lotada de barracos desde março (Foto: Henrique Coelho/G1)
#EvictionsWatch

‘Nova Tuffy’: Two Thousand Await Eviction for Repossession of Factory in Alemão

By G1 • Translation by Kayla Boisvert • September 22, 2014

For the original article in Portuguese by Henrique Coelho published in G1, click here. One of the access ways to Complexo do Alemão, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, has been home to nearly […]

#EvictionsWatch

A Look Inside Bairro Carioca – Rio’s “Premier” Housing Project [IMAGES]

By Sara McTarnaghan • September 11, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Bairro Carioca, one of Rio de Janeiro’s flagship Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My Life) housing projects, is frequently referenced by local officials as exemplifying transit-oriented and highly affordable public […]

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Researchers Reflect on the Big Picture: Rio’s Favelas in the Face of a Changing Planning Landscape

By Jessica Goodenough • August 18, 2014

Last weekend, Columbia University’s Studio X – Carioca Center of Design hosted Entremeios, a series of conferences about lifestyles and creative practices in the city, inviting speakers from the fields of design, architecture, urbanism, anthropology and other social […]

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