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Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Nathan Bergrin • November 29, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The Favela Community Land Trust Project* marked its fifth anniversary in 2023, having grown as a model for ensuring stability and security of tenure in self-managed communities. The milestone was celebrated […]

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Second Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar: Reflections on a Tool to Guarantee the Right to Housing and the City

By Jaqueline Suarez, Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Annie Swank, Ethan Kaimana, Ikrom Alajoulin • August 10, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The 2nd Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar was held from April 18-20, 2022. The online event had 420 sign-ups from all 26 Brazilian states and the federal capital of […]

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Memory as an Instrument of Struggle for Rio de Janeiro’s Favela Museums

By Alexandre Cerqueira, Rebeca Landeiro • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • June 18, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Brazil’s 20th National Museum Week, which took place from May 16-22, 2022, introduced the topic The Power of Museums. This article reports on how this power is being realized by some […]

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1st Public Hearing on Favela Community Land Trusts Held by Rio de Janeiro City Council

By Maria Fernanda Godinho • October 21, 2021

Clique aqui para Português The first Rio de Janeiro City Council hearing on Favela Community Land Trusts was held on September 28, 2021. The event was organized by the Council’s Permanent Commission on Urban Affairs […]

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Favela CLT National Seminar, Part 2: International Examples, Potentialities and Challenges

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Julio Santos Filho • September 5, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the second of two articles covering the Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar. Read the first part here. Continuing the Favela Community Land Trust (CLT)* National Seminar, facilitated by […]

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