Tag: homeless

6 Million Vacant Houses Might Help Brazil Reduce Housing Deficit

Data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) indicate that 34.2% of ...

Brazil’s Modest Plan to Eradicate Favelas

Brazil’s Ministry of Cities will implant the Habitar Brasil (Inhabit Brazil) program for the ...

Brazilian Landless Accuse State of Turtle’s Pace Action

Between January and December 2004, Brazil’s Federal Government expropriated enough area to settle approximately ...

Brazil Marks US$ 4 Billion for Housing

In Brazil there are some 6 million low-income families (who receive up to three ...

80,000 Homes Not Built in Brazil Due to Red Tape

With its biggest budget in 15 years, Brazil’s Housing secretariat at the Ministry of ...

Over 30% of Brazilians Live in Subhuman Condition

Over 30% of Brazil’s population of nearly 180 million lacks access to decent housing ...

Cry of Excluded Brings Brazilians to the Streets

The traditional Independence Day march of the “Cry of the Excluded” brought some 6,000 ...