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[ September 30, 2022 ] What Proposals do Candidates for Governor Have for Rio’s Favelas? #ParticipationWatch
[ September 30, 2022 ] Eleven Candidates From Rio’s Favelas Seek to Increase Representation in the Parliaments #ParticipationWatch
[ September 29, 2022 ] Homelessness in Brazil Went Up 16%. Read Our Presidential Candidates’ Proposals to Combat the Housing Crisis by Community Contributors
[ September 27, 2022 ] Six Years After Rio Olympics, City Begins Construction of Vila Autódromo’s Community Spaces [IMAGES] #EvictionsWatch
[ September 25, 2022 ] Casa Fluminense Holds Discussions With Rio de Janeiro’s Gubernatorial Candidates About Their Plans for Rio by Community Contributors

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)*, […]

House in the community to the left, and condominium to the right.

Trapicheiros, a Century-old Favela in Tijuca is the Victim of Prejudiced Attacks and a Traumatic Fire

By Felipe Litsek, Tomás Aboim • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • August 19, 2020

Clique aqui para Português The Trapicheiros community, a small favela of 52 families located near the larger Morro do Salgueiro favela in Tijuca, in the North Zone of Rio, was almost the victim of a […]