Brazilian housing movements and the right to the city

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ID7153186
AuthorsCamila D’ottaviano (0000-0002-6989-3383, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume43
Issue2
Pages266-282
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning C Politics and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2399-6544 • E-ISSN: 2399-6552
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/23996544241246945
OpenAlexW4394817186
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Since the 1970s, popular movements organized around the struggle for housing have been strong in São Paulo. Based on four central agendas – slums and precarious neighborhoods upgrading; better rental conditions; urban improvements and land tenure in peripheral subdivisions; and public funding for housing production – housing movements have consolidated as an essential political player in São Paulo, intersecting with the struggles for health, education, transportation, and urban infrastructure. With local action and national organization, São Paulo’s housing movements are responsible for empowering the community, qualifying their dialogue, preparing for confrontations with the public authorities, and ensuring access to housing through public programs via organized building squatting. This paper analyzes the importance of São Paulo housing movements and its prominent female participants in São Paulo in conquering social rights

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public housing · Rental housing · Renting · Right to the city · Social movement · Squatting position · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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