TY - JOUR
T1 - Informal Settlement Upgrading and the Rise of Rental Housing in São Paulo, Brazil
AU - Stiphany, Kristine
AU - Ward, Peter M.
AU - Perez, Leticia Palazzi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Rental housing was historically a minimal feature of urban informality. Now it is surging amid municipal attempts to “upgrade” informal settlements in São Paulo, Brazil. Drawing upon a mixed-methodological study of two favelas on São Paulo’s east side, we analyze how cycles of upgrading shape informal rental housing at the urban, community, block, and parcel levels, providing detailed comparative data for 2010–2020. Our findings suggest that rental housing redevelopment can increase precarity in urban living, but is an important source of low-income housing in already built-up and “consolidated” settlements where access is declining. Our study emphasizes the need for scholars, policy makers, and planners to further explore the praxis of informal renting and rental housing, which can be effective conduits for channeling public investments across consolidated informal settlements and into individual dwellings.
AB - Rental housing was historically a minimal feature of urban informality. Now it is surging amid municipal attempts to “upgrade” informal settlements in São Paulo, Brazil. Drawing upon a mixed-methodological study of two favelas on São Paulo’s east side, we analyze how cycles of upgrading shape informal rental housing at the urban, community, block, and parcel levels, providing detailed comparative data for 2010–2020. Our findings suggest that rental housing redevelopment can increase precarity in urban living, but is an important source of low-income housing in already built-up and “consolidated” settlements where access is declining. Our study emphasizes the need for scholars, policy makers, and planners to further explore the praxis of informal renting and rental housing, which can be effective conduits for channeling public investments across consolidated informal settlements and into individual dwellings.
KW - Brazil
KW - housing
KW - human settlements
KW - informality
KW - redevelopment
KW - urban policy, self-help
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122784629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0739456X211065495
DO - 10.1177/0739456X211065495
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122784629
SN - 0739-456X
JO - Journal of Planning Education and Research
JF - Journal of Planning Education and Research
ER -