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Favela Community Land Trusts, Part 1: Understanding the Idea and Possibilities for Favelas

By Priscilla Mayrink, Tarcyla Fidalgo • Translation by Habib Msallem • September 26, 2018

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a four-part series on the potential to apply the Community Land Trust (CLT) model under existing Brazilian laws to secure land rights in Brazil’s favelas. The series was […]

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Temer’s Land Regularization Law, One Year On: Assessing the Impact on Favelas

By Ezra Spira-Cohen • August 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português In July 2017, federal lawmakers transformed the controversial Provisional Measure 759 into Law 13.465—known as the Land Regularization Law—approving measures that streamline the process of land regularization in urban and rural areas. […]

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The Diversity and Global Applicability of the Community Land Trust Model, from Boston to Kenya

By Victoria Fanibi • August 15, 2018

Clique aqui para Português A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a community-managed nonprofit organization or association established to provide permanent affordable housing and build community assets in the territory that it owns and governs. CLTs […]

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After 17 Years, Favela Wins Land Titles Through 1st Collective Adverse Possession Victory in Rio

By Tyler Strobl • August 10, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On the rainy night of Friday, August 3, the community of Chácara do Catumbi had much to celebrate: after 17 years of struggle, 17 of the community’s 22 families were the […]

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SOS Araçatiba Community in Guaratiba Faces Imminent Evictions

By Tyler Strobl • May 30, 2018

Clique aqui para Português In October 2017, three small houses under construction were marked and subsequently demolished in the small favela of Araçatiba, Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, destroying families’ physical and monetary investment and […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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