Urban squatting as a confrontational repertoire of the housing movements

Authors

  • Thêmis Amorim Aragão Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Instituto de Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional. Rio de Janeiro, RJ/Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-5894
  • Ana Carolina Maria Soraggi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Arquitetura, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Belo Horizonte, MG/Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7432-3545
  • Filipe Souza Corrêa Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano e Regional. Rio de Janeiro, RJ/Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-9682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-9996.2021-5214

Keywords:

urban social movements, urban squatting, social housing, housing policy, political confrontation

Abstract

Given the importance of social movements in building a political agenda for Social Housing in Brazil, this article aims to discuss possibilities for a confrontational repertoire of the housing movements in a sociopolitical context characterized by an ultraliberal inflection, with significant transformations in the relationship between Civil Society and State. To accomplish this, we present a case study of an urban squatting in which we analyze the process of settlement and consolidation of Vila Eliana Silva (Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais). The analysis highlights the strategies and repertoires of action that reveal the struggle to fulfil the social function of property, as well as a necessary reflection on possibilities of variations in this confrontational repertoire in the new conjuncture.

Published

2021-08-22

How to Cite

Aragão, T. A., Soraggi, A. C. M., & Corrêa, F. S. (2021). Urban squatting as a confrontational repertoire of the housing movements. Cadernos Metrópole, 23(52), 1165–1192. https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-9996.2021-5214

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