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[ May 13, 2022 ] “Integrated City?!” New Year, Same Old Politics #InterventionWatch
[ May 10, 2022 ] In an Act of Religious Racism, Arson Destroys Garden of Sacred Herbs Created by Award-Winning Activist and Candomblé Priestess *Highlight
[ May 3, 2022 ] A Multiethnic Community Land Trust With Eminent Domain: Boston’s Dudley Neighbors Incorporated *Highlight
[ April 30, 2022 ] Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2021 [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
[ April 27, 2022 ] What Does Rain Have to Do With Climate Change and How Does All This Affect Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas? #HousingWatch

Community Land Trusts and the Struggle for the Right to the City: Dialogue on Rio and Mozambique

By Tomás Aboim • Translation by Adrian Hooper • June 11, 2021

Clique aqui para Português As part of the activities of UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit, the Community Land Trust (CLT) Working Group held a livestreamed virtual event on October 20, 2020, facilitated by Catalytic Communities (CatComm)*, […]

Jardim Julieta Occupation, in Vila Medeiros, São Paulo's North Zone. Photo by: Léu Britto

The Daily Reality and Fear of Eviction in a Housing Occupation Caused by Covid-19 in São Paulo

By Lucas Veloso • Translation by Adrian Hooper • December 15, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Dance instructor Buba Rodrigues, 32, is a victim of the pandemic. He became unemployed during quarantine […]