Brazilian housing movements and the right to the city

Camila D’Ottaviano

Environment and Planning C, 2025, vol. 43, issue 2, 266-282

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Housing movements; right to the city; self-management; Brazil; São Paulo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/23996544241246945

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