396
M. A. L. Frandoloso and E. N. Scorsatto
Number of Families
Number of Families
Fig. 3 Beira Trilhos: reasons for occupation. Source Scorsatto (2019) based on CDHPF (2016)
"There are no housing policies"
"It’s a distant relaƟonship"
"It’s a very complex issue"
"There are about 72 irregular urban occupaƟons"
"The real issue is safety, when using the land that lacks
infra structure"
"This issue is real because people need to have a place to live"
"Since 2012 the government doesn’t provide housing subsidy"
"We’ll always meet the demands"
"What happens is that people expect
to buy property by paying nominal
fees. People need to sacrifice and pay
higher prices"
"I don’t like living here because it’s ugly"
"I’ll leave if I can o to a beƩer lace"
"We can’t even build a house because we don’t know
when we’ll have to leave "
"When my wife died, I’d live in that
house, but aŌer that I bought this
land and moved here "
"I wanted them to move the railroad away and build
a playground "
"I was once embarrassed to say I lived in Beira Trilhos,
but not an more"
"It’s been a month since the train last passed over
here"
"When the train comes, I don’t even hear it anymore, if I’m asleep,
it doesn’t wake me up"
"I was born here and raise m children here"
"Sir, Is it true they are gonna move us away from
here"
"invasion"
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC POWER
RESIDENTS OF BEIRA TRILHOS
“fear"
"It's dangerous"
"occupaƟon
"the city of Passo Fundo can not dispense the railway, we
have to find a way to live and solve the Beira Trilhos"
" then I had to move here. is the only place to live with
the mone left”
Fig. 4 Reports from the local population. Source Scorsatto (2019)
present in that place. Such experience can be explored from within, that is, by those
who live and have occupied the area, or those who look at and observe the occupation
from the outside.
UPF’s connections with the community, and thus its commitment to the SDGs,
start with the premise of the indispensable “role of the university in promoting
the right to the city, recognized as a collective right”, which presupposes decent
living conditions, recognition of citizenship, social coexistence with racial, ethnic
M. A. L. Frandoloso and E. N. Scorsatto
Number of Families
Number of Families
Fig. 3 Beira Trilhos: reasons for occupation. Source Scorsatto (2019) based on CDHPF (2016)
"There are no housing policies"
"It’s a distant relaƟonship"
"It’s a very complex issue"
"There are about 72 irregular urban occupaƟons"
"The real issue is safety, when using the land that lacks
infra structure"
"This issue is real because people need to have a place to live"
"Since 2012 the government doesn’t provide housing subsidy"
"We’ll always meet the demands"
"What happens is that people expect
to buy property by paying nominal
fees. People need to sacrifice and pay
higher prices"
"I don’t like living here because it’s ugly"
"I’ll leave if I can o to a beƩer lace"
"We can’t even build a house because we don’t know
when we’ll have to leave "
"When my wife died, I’d live in that
house, but aŌer that I bought this
land and moved here "
"I wanted them to move the railroad away and build
a playground "
"I was once embarrassed to say I lived in Beira Trilhos,
but not an more"
"It’s been a month since the train last passed over
here"
"When the train comes, I don’t even hear it anymore, if I’m asleep,
it doesn’t wake me up"
"I was born here and raise m children here"
"Sir, Is it true they are gonna move us away from
here"
"invasion"
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC POWER
RESIDENTS OF BEIRA TRILHOS
“fear"
"It's dangerous"
"occupaƟon
"the city of Passo Fundo can not dispense the railway, we
have to find a way to live and solve the Beira Trilhos"
" then I had to move here. is the only place to live with
the mone left”
Fig. 4 Reports from the local population. Source Scorsatto (2019)
present in that place. Such experience can be explored from within, that is, by those
who live and have occupied the area, or those who look at and observe the occupation
from the outside.
UPF’s connections with the community, and thus its commitment to the SDGs,
start with the premise of the indispensable “role of the university in promoting
the right to the city, recognized as a collective right”, which presupposes decent
living conditions, recognition of citizenship, social coexistence with racial, ethnic