Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published on EBC click here. Brazil has strong housing rights legislation. Why, then, is it not applied? Brazil has the necessary laws to relieve problems with housing and land regulation. However, […]
Clique aqui para Português “The Olympics are coming and the pressures of the City government are violently increasing, but a determined group of residents continues to fight for their rights. Vila Autódromo exists, resists, insists and re-exists!” –Vila […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 23 agents from the city government carried out the unannounced demolition of five homes in Vila Autódromo, next door to the 2016 Olympic Park. 60 year-old Dona Mariza do […]
Clique aqui para Português Last weekend students from two universities joined residents of Vila Autódromo to revitalize the community park, or Parquinho. Participants tied colored ribbons around trees, painted the jungle gym, seesaw and swing-set, and […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Tiago Dantas and Márcio Menasce published in O Globo click here. Five years after the first Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My […]