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Occupy to survive: Brazilians squat to fight for housing rights

Mia Alberti

July 29, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

Housing activists have been living in an abandoned building — Prestes Maia — since 2002. Through their years of activism, occupying the space and working to make the 22-story high-rise livable Prestes Maia is being transformed into social housing for the families that have been living there for the past several years.

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