Anna Jönsson

Progressive City

Four Eviction Tactics Used by Rio Authorities, and How Favela Residents Have Fought Back

Remaining House in Beira Rio, after neighboring houses were demolished. Photo by Natalie Southwick. Source: http://www.rioonwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Island-of-homes-in-Beira-Rio-e1531319776658.jpg   As of 2015, the City of Rio’s own data showed that 22,059 families (an estimated 77,000 individuals) across the city had been evicted from their homes […]