O direito à moradia em ocupações informais – um estudo de caso da área ocupada pelas famílias do movimento dos atingidos pelo desastre de 2008 em Blumenau – SC

Abstract

The development process of brazilian cities has occurred in a distinct way, with territorial, economic, urban and environmental implications, causing social conflicts, poor land distribution and compromised access to housing in almost all municipalities in the country. The right to housing was chosen as the subject of this study due to its universal meaning, and to being of fundamental relevance for people’s life quality. The selection of such a topic allowed a reasoning from both the conceptual and legal point of view, regarding the lack of guarantee of the right to housing in the informal areas of the city of blumenau. Such a view embodied the general objective of this work, which is to identify the factors interfering with the guarantee of access to housing. The relevance of this monograph lies in the possibility of giving visibility to a critical situation of violation of the right to housing in blumenau, due to the fact that part of the population is denied this right by the city’s government. Besides, it is also relevant because it helps not only identify measures that may contribute to future public interventions in informal areas, but also promote greater reflection on the proposed topic within academics, society and city administration’s managers and agents. This work made room for a study on the aspects of the occupation processes of the national territory and its reflexes related to the colonization of blumenau. It also made possible the comprehension of questions related to the occupation of the city’s territory and to the emergence of the informal areas that have been consolidating themselves throughout the time. The search for housing in blumenau had their marks registered in the formation of the colony of 19th century immigrants, which are expressed today, in the reality lived by the families of the movement of those affected by the 2008 disaster. Chosen to be part of the development of this case study, such a reality is representative of the 55 informal areas, officially recognized by the city’s government, whose impact in terms of housing deficit was around 120,480 people in 2017, or 34.60% of the population of blumenau, which, in some way, have their right to housing violated. These data call attention and project a profound challenge to be overcome by the municipality. The factors interfering with the guarantee of the right to housing concerning informal occupations in blumenau, structured in this work, may contribute to calibrate future interventions of public managers in order to overcome identified challenges, as well as they serve as elements for academic participation and the local community’s knowledge, só that, in an organized way, citizens’ rights may be recognized and guaranteed.