Faced with chaotic and uneven processes of gentrification, today S\u00e3o Paulo has a serious housing deficit: the city lacks 200,000 accommodation spaces for its citizens and has a chronic lack of access to social housing facilities. Ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o is an example of this reality, the occupation of an abandoned hotel being carried out in 2011 by families under the FLM – Frente de Luta por Moradia (Front for the struggle for housing) banner. The S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o occupation is about more than housing however. For example, on the first floor there is a self-managed cultural center, the Centro Cultural S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, which aims to strengthen political participation through arts and culture.<\/p>\n
Lorena Vicini and Raphael Daibert presented Developing identities to improve collectivity<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Cities as Community Spaces<\/a>, a conference in Valletta, Malta on 25 November 2016.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"