INFORMALITY AND PRECARIOUS HOUSING: AN IRREGULAR LOCAL URBAN OCCUPATION IN BRAZIL

Ernandy Luis Vasconcelos de Lima, University of Barcelona, Spain

 This article describes the informality and precarious housing situation of more six thousand families. The study area is located in Serviluz, an irregular local urban occupation in Fortaleza, Brazil. Besides not owning their own homes, residents have to deal with sand dunes along the coast burying houses, buildings, access roads and other urban infrastructure. The analysis of the case of the population of Serviluz allows us to view possible social impacts and highly segregated space that can be produced in Brazilian cities.