Direito à Cidade: Dandara | Como Ativistas Transformaram um Prédio Abandonado em 120 Moradias

The dialogue in this film is in Portuguese. Click the "CC" button to enable subtitles. “What does having a roof over your head mean in a person's life? It's enormous." In São Paulo, grassroots housing movements are transforming abandoned buildings into affordable homes — and reshaping urban policy in the process. Right to the City: Dandara tells the story of the Dandara building, a former government property left empty for years before housing activists organized, occupied it, and ultimately converted it into 120 housing units through collective action and landmark policy tools including Special Zones of Social Interest (ZEIS) and the Concession of the Real Right to Use (CDRU). The film goes beyond the creation of housing to show what it means to live in the city center — closer to jobs, transit, and opportunity. Dandara is proof that safe, dignified housing is possible when community activism and public policy come together. Subscribe to our channel for more films like this:    / @lincolninstituteoflandpolicy   Subscribe to our newsletter for policy insights: https://go.lincolninst.edu/subscribe Directed, Produced & Edited by Dirceu Neto Written and Supervised by Dakin Henderson Director of Photography: Gabriel Cabral A Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Production FEATURING Ricardo Rael — Dandara Resident Marli Baffini — Dandara Resident and Building Manager Wemerson Ramos — Dandara Resident and Building Ad-Manager Benedito Barbosa — Union of Housing Movements (UMM) Lawyer Sidnei Pita — Unification of the Struggles for Tenements and Housing (ULCM) General Coordinator Maria Lúcia D'Alessandro — Former Division of Projects and Works Director, Federal Public Properties Department (SPU) Adelcke Rossetto — Director, Integra Interdisciplinary Work Cooperative Tereza Herling — Former Joint Secretary for Urban Development, São Paulo City Hall MORE FROM THIS SERIES Right to the City: How Coliseu Won Housing Among São Paulo's Elite —    • Right to the City: How Coliseu Won Housing...   Financing A City's Vision | Chapter 1: Development and Displacement —    • Financing a City’s Vision (Case Study) | C...   Financing A City's Vision | Chapter 2: An Innovative Solution —    • Financing a City’s Vision (Case Study) | C...   Financing A City's Vision | Chapter 3: The Fight to Stay —    • Financing a City’s Vision (Case Study) | C...   Financing A City's Vision | Chapter 4: Reflection and Renewal —    • Financing a City’s Vision (Case Study) | C...   FIND US ON LinkedIn:   / lincoln-institute-of-land-policy   Facebook:   / lincolninstituteoflandpolicy   Instagram:   / landpolicy