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Weekly Report - 10 May 2018 (WR-18-18)

BRAZIL: Housing crisis a key electoral issue

“A tragedy foretold” is the way the governor of São Paulo, Márcio França, described the collapse of a 24-story building destroyed in a fire in the city on 1 May. Around 400 squatters had been living there at the time. The rubble has become a symbol for the lack of safe and affordable housing in Brazil. Addressing this deficit will be an important electoral issue.

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