Housing Policy and Socio-Spatial Displacement in Pre-Olympic Rio de Janeiro

In preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Brazilian government has invested millions in its first large-scale public housing program. Minha Casa Minha Vida is tasked with constructing 100,000 housing units in Rio by 2016, representing a key component of the city’s pre-Olympics urban revival effort. This talk will argue that critical assessment of local housing policies is essential to understanding the legacy of the 2016 Olympics.