Por que morar no Centro? uma perspectiva dos Movimentos de Luta por Moradia

• Ano de defesa: 2024
• Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Isabela de Souza
• Orientador(a): Véras, Maura Pardini Bicudo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais
• Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Direito à cidade; Direito à moradia; Centro; MSTC; Ocupação
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Right to the city; Right to housing; Center; MSTC; Occupation
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/41793

The present dissertation aims to reflect on the relationship of the MSTC -Movimento Sem Teto do Centro- in the pursuit of the right to the city, to understand the reasons why the Center of São Paulo concentrates on these housing struggles, being the stage of these disputes. Understanding that Brazilian urbanization occurred through a spatial and socioeconomic model based on the expulsion of the poorest, and that this capitalist expansion occurs since public resources prioritize economic investments over social investments (SANTOS, 2005), it is pointed out that such dynamics also reflect in housing issues, as the colonization of land by financial capital damages housing policies (ROLNIK, 2015). Thus, impoverished or poorer segments are being excluded from the city and the rights it offers. In contrast to this process, social movements have emerged in Center of São Paulo fighting for the right to housing, a right often confused with the property right, viewed as a commodity that can bring profit to its producers in a business logic, rather than as a citizen's right to housing. "(...) more than just a roof, wall, and floor, housing is the right to the city, to the built environment, to facilities, to citizenship address, to landscape, and its territory. In capitalism, it is seen as an expensive commodity." (VÉRAS, 2016, p. 178). As a methodology, I analyze research on inequality and segregation present in São Paulo, as well as the distribution of public facilities in the territory and vacant properties in the Center. From the data gathered, it was possible to conclude that the central region of São Paulo is the most equipped in terms of service assets and urban structure, and it has a considerable number of vacant properties. It was observed that the central area is one of the most conducive to habitation and ideal for implementing housing policies. It is necessary to build a new city that values everyday life, as well as the urban man, and that appropriates the use value, not the exchange value (LEFEBVRE, 2007)