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Hundreds of families occupy abandoned buildings in Sao Paulo

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Hundreds of families occupied four abandoned buildings last night in downtown Sao Paulo. Most families have been evicted from their homes and have no shelter, and others are living in unsuitable places. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 08/11/2010

Hundreds of families occupied four abandoned buildings last night in downtown Sao Paulo. Most families have been evicted from their homes and have no shelter, and others are living in unsuitable places. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 08/11/2010

SEM TETO/OCUPAÇÃO- Sem-teto ajuda na limpeza de edífico abandonado na Avenida Prestes Maia, região central de São Paulo, neste sábado. O local e outros três prédios da região foram ocupados por cerca de 2 mil sem-teto no último dia 4. Apos um mes, duas das ocupacoes tiveram o pedido de reintegracao de posso, que foram adiadas para o dia 16 e 25 de novembro. A ocupacao da Prestes Maia, ainda nao foi pedido a reintegracao, por conta de dividas anteriores do proprietario, com impostos.

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Anderson

I think is a doc. in various windows in the world, ok? In Sao Paulo is a Ivaneti's window
I'm sorry for my english and thank you for the coment

Anderson

Thank you!

dtrece

Well done Anderson, the photos are telling the story. We can clearly see the situation in which the families are living there. Thank you for sharing it with us!

katciz

For background on this, check our SAO PAOLO apartment in the webdoc HIGHRISE/Out My Window, at highrise.nfb.ca

-kat cizek, director, highrise.nfb.ca