Event Summary · CALLE K Documentary Screening
In 1978, the Moser family (Caroline, her then husband Brian, and two sons Titus -8- and Nathaniel -5-) went to live for a year in the Indio Guayas squatter settlement in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Like everyone else in the neighborhood, they built a wooden house on stilts,...
How Process Affects Outcomes: Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires
Conversation with Juan Maquieyra, President of the The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad) The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad, IVC) has launched an innovative slum...Periferização no programa habitacional do Governo Federal, Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida
By Paulo Alas Rossi, President Nestor Kirchner Fellow 2017-2018 Only available in Portuguese. RESUMO: Em 2009, o Governo Federal brasileiro lançou o programa social de provisão habitacional Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida (PMCMV). Àmedida que os conjuntos...Public Lecture by Paulo Alas Rossi and María Sofía Bernat, 2017-2018 PNK Fellows
President Néstor Kirchner Fellowship Public Lectures by PNK Fellows 2017-2018 Peripheralization of the Poor: Symbolic Practices and Policy Analysis Struggling with the Housing Market: Bringing Social Housing Back to City Centers in Brazil Paulo Alas Rossi Brazil An...
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