{"id":84239,"date":"2026-10-02T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=84239"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:19:33","slug":"27-candidates-from-across-the-political-spectrum-sign-proposals-to-build-the-city-we-want-led-by-rio-chapter-of-brazilian-institute-of-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=84239","title":{"rendered":"From Across the Political Spectrum, 27 Candidates Sign Charge to Build the \u2018City We Want\u2019 Led by Brazilian Institute of Architects Rio Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laboriaux, Rocinha, 2024. Photo: RioOnWatch<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This article is part of a series on the 2026 Brazilian elections<\/a>, focusing on the perspectives of Greater Rio\u2019s favelas.<\/em><\/p>\n

As of September 25, the \u2018The City We Want\u2019 Manifesto<\/a> had received 27 signatures from candidates representing nine political parties: seven on the left, the centrist MDB and NOVO, considered to be on the right of the political spectrum. Produced by the Brazilian Institute of Architects\u2019 Rio de Janeiro chapter (IAB-RJ) in partnership with several civil society organizations, the 1,944 candidates<\/a> running in Rio de Janeiro in the 2026 elections<\/a> were invited to read the manifesto and select three proposals from each thematic area<\/a> to incorporate into their government agendas.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The City We Want\u2019 Manifesto produced by IAB-RJ in partnership with social movements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2026 Manifesto was launched on September 8<\/a>, presenting a list of proposals organized around six thematic areas: (1) Governance, Transparency and Territorial Management; (2) Urban Reform and the Right to the City; (3) Tackling the Climate Emergency; (4) Rural Development and Food Sovereignty; (5) Urban Mobility, Social Infrastructure; and (6) Culture, Heritage, Education and the Urban Economy.<\/p>\n

The manifesto was signed by 40 Rio de Janeiro-based institutions* that, together, are calling on all Rio de Janeiro candidates for the National Congress and the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (Alerj) to read it and indicate<\/a> which proposals they intend to work on.<\/p>\n

The manifesto presents 53 proposals across the six thematic areas, from which candidates commit to prioritizing three in each area during their term, if elected.<\/h3>\n

Among the thematic areas, two issues are particularly dear to RioOnWatch<\/em>: Urban Reform and the Right to the City<\/a> and Tackling the Climate Emergency<\/a>. The main goal of the urban reform area is to \u201ccombat real estate speculation and socio-spatial inequalities, guaranteeing the social function of land and access to adequate housing.\u201d Of the 27 candidates who signed the manifesto by September 25, 19 agreed<\/strong> with the proposal to \u201cprioritize allocating vacant properties belonging to the federal, state and municipal governments to Social Interest Housing (HIS by its Portuguese acronym) through intergovernmental agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding the goal of tackling the climate emergency, 23 of the 27<\/strong> committed to \u201cpreparing cities for climate change through integrated risk management (landslides<\/a>, flooding<\/a>, coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion), prioritizing investments in resilient infrastructure and nature-based<\/a> protection systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Candidates Who Had Signed By September 25 Include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Party<\/strong><\/td>\nNo. of Candidates<\/strong><\/td>\nFederal Deputy<\/strong><\/td>\nState Deputady\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSenator<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MDB<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nEngenheiro Marc\u00e3o<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOVO<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nProfessor Murdoch<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PCdoB<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDani Balbi<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PDT<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nAxel Grael, Vitor Junior<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PSB<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWesley Teixeira<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PSD<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nRoberta Mendes<\/td>\nBia Bogossian, Luiz Paulo, Pedro Duarte<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PT<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nN\u00edsia Trindade, Tain\u00e1 de Paula<\/a><\/td>\nMarina do MST<\/a>, Ver\u00f4nica Lima, Zeidan,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PSOL<\/td>\n11<\/td>\nChico Alencar, Henrique Vieira, Rick Azevedo, Tarcisio Motta<\/a>, Willians Douglas<\/td>\nDani Monteiro<\/a>, Flavio Serafini, Luciana Boiteux, Renata Souza<\/a>, Yuri Moura<\/td>\nM\u00f4nica Ben\u00edcio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDE<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDe Loys<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Coordinated by the IAB-RJ, the initiative brings together an average of 30 organizations every election cycle. The manifesto\u2019s previous version called for favelas to be incorporated into the city\u2019s planning, influencing Rio\u2019s 2024 Master Plan<\/a>, which addressed these communities in several provisions, particularly in the context of climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rio\u2019s 2024 Master Plan dedicated several provisions to favelas following advocacy supported by the \u2018The City We Want\u2019 Manifesto. Source: Rio de Janeiro City Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another initiative, first proposed in the manifesto\u2019s inaugural edition, is the Rio de Janeiro State Urban Agenda Collective Observatory<\/a>. Launched in 2022, the project aims to promote an inclusive urban agenda through which citizens and interested organizations can monitor the implementation of public policies across the state\u2019s 92 municipalities. The Observatory allows civil society organizations and the public to track the status of projects and legislation and provides data for generating indicators about communities. Although the proposal was not implemented by the elected officials at the time, it was carried forward by the collectives that originally conceived it. Today, it has a publicly accessible georeferenced platform<\/a> providing access to this data.<\/p>\n

A member of the Revive S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo<\/a> collective, Tais Matos explains why she took part in drafting the manifesto. Although her city\u2014S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo<\/a>, located across Guanabara Bay in what is called the Leste Fluminense<\/a> region\u2014has nearly 900,000 residents<\/a> and is the second most populous<\/a> in the state, it remains invisible due to a lack of interest from public officials: \u201cIt\u2019s very common for people to refer to S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo as that area next to Niter\u00f3i<\/a>. People often only come in contact with places farther away because they need to make a living. [That\u2019s why I focus on] the [manifesto\u2019s] mobility and integration theme.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Magalh\u00e3es, a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), says the manifesto also has the potential to engage professionals working on urban policy: \u201cThe manifesto brings the urban issue into the political debate, where it does not have a strong presence. The urban problem is glaring, but discussion around it is very limited. So, the manifesto can raise awareness among society and institutions about the issue. We need legislators who are committed to it and present in urban conflicts. There is a widespread lack of understanding about how to organize urban policy. The manifesto can be a tool for drawing attention to the need for public officials to receive political training on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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*Among the organizations requesting responses from candidates are: Brazilian Association of Landscape Architects<\/a>; Brazilian Association for Architecture and Urban Planning Education (ABEA<\/a>); Brazilian Association of Women Engineers and Architects of Rio de Janeiro State (ABEA-RJ<\/a>); Brazilian Association of Architecture Firms (AsBEA<\/a>); Friends of the Leopoldina Zone<\/a>; Prevent\u00f3rio Bank<\/a>; Casa Fluminense<\/a>; Fala Akari Collective<\/a>; Rio de Janeiro Council of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAU-RJ<\/a>); Catalytic Communities (CatComm<\/a>); Federation of Residents\u2019 Associations of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro\u00a0 (FAM-Rio<\/a>); Bento Rubi\u00e3o Foundation<\/a>; Urban Planning and Territorial Development Research Group (GEDUR-UFRRJ<\/a>); Brazilian Institute of Municipal Administration (IBAM<\/a>); Brazilian Institute of Urban Law (IBDU<\/a>); Brazilian Institute of Architects (IAB-RJ<\/a>); Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE<\/a>); Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP<\/a>); Law and Urbanism Laboratory (LADU<\/a>); Transcultural Landscape and Place Laboratory (Lapalu<\/a>); Laboratory for the Study of Transformations in Brazilian Urban Law (LEDUB-UFRJ<\/a>); Center for Housing and Urban Studies and Projects (NEPHU-UFF<\/a>); Social Observatory of Brazil\u2014Regi\u00e3o dos Lagos<\/a>; UN-Habitat<\/a>; Housing and Favelas Pastoral Committee<\/a>; Patativas Group<\/a>; Rio de Janeiro State Society of Engineers and Architects (SEAERJ<\/a>); Rio de Janeiro Union for Popular Housing<\/a>; and Revive S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

About the author: Amanda Baroni Lopes<\/a>\u00a0is a journalism student at Unicarioca and was part of the first Journalism Laboratory organized by Mar\u00e9\u2019s community newspaper\u00a0Mar\u00e9 de Not\u00edcias<\/a>. She is the author of the\u00a0Anti-Harassment Guide on Breaking<\/a>, a handbook that explains what is and isn\u2019t harassment to the Hip Hop audience and provides guidance on what to do in these situations. Lopes is from\u00a0Morro do Timbau<\/a>\u00a0and currently lives in\u00a0Vila do Jo\u00e3o<\/a>, both favelas within the larger Mar\u00e9 favela complex.<\/em><\/p>\n

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