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  • [ July 31, 2026 ] Right to Housing in Rio de Janeiro Faces Blow As Community Land Trust Bill Rejected by City Council #GentrificationWatch
  • [ July 30, 2026 ] 10 Years After Rio Olympics: The Persistence of Structural Disinvestment in Rio’s Majority Working-Class Suburbs [OPINION] #LegacyWatch
  • [ July 29, 2026 ] Largest Favela in Niterói, Morro do Preventório, Launches Popular Mapping Initiative to Support Upgrading Policies by Community Contributors
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Right to Housing in Rio de Janeiro Faces Blow As Community Land Trust Bill Rejected by City Council

By Favela-CLT Project • Translation by Staff • July 31, 2026

Clique aqui para Português The bill received 23 votes in favor but needed 26 to pass. Coordinated efforts by right-wing city council members, coupled with the spread of false claims about Community Land Trusts, proved […]

*Highlight

‘There Is No Climate Justice Without Adequate Housing,’ Argue Leaders at First Brazilian Housing and Climate Forum

By Iris Nascimento • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • July 14, 2026

Clique aqui para Português The climate crisis is often framed around floods, landslides and heat waves produced by extreme weather. For those living in Brazil’s favelas and peripheral areas, protection thus begins with safe housing […]

#LegacyWatch

10 Years Later: Rio 2016 Olympics Served to Consolidate Speculative Plan Rejected by Pioneering Brazilian Urban Planner Lúcio Costa

By Alice Novaes • Translation by Dani Scott • June 30, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games. It is part of a series of reports […]

#GentrificationWatch

As the World Cup Kicks Off Across North America, Communities in Host Cities Are Pushing Back Against Rising Rents—With a Tool Born in the Civil Rights Movement [RELEASE]

By International Center for Community Land Trusts • May 25, 2026

This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games, republished with permission and in collaboration with the International Center for Community […]

#GentrificationWatch

‘We Cannot Allow Cities To Be Emptied of Their True Citizens’: Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina Faso Visits Rio’s Cândido Mendes Mansion

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • May 21, 2026

Clique aqui para Português Residents of the Cândido Mendes Mansion in Santa Teresa, a neighborhood in central Rio de Janeiro, received a distinguished visitor on May 7, Her Royal Highness Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina […]

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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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