BARRIERS TO THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING IN MACEIÓ - AL
The right to the city;public policies;housing; social movements;
Maceió.
The right to the city, created by Lefebvreas a response to the capitalist and repressive production of the city, has evolved and adapted to contemporary times, acquiring the form of a political principle that unites social movements. Being widely used by social movements, especially from the period of Brazilian redemocratization,this principle became directly linkedtothe struggle for housing, a constitutional right that aims to guarantee quality in the production of cities in the reproduction of a libertarian urban life. On the other hand, the pendular movements of the collective conscience in favor of social justice have become an obstacle, especially in the last decade, placing the market and neoliberal ideology as central forces in the production of the urban environment. In this sense, the present work seeks to investigate the practical implications of the right to the city in the production of cities in the capitalist context, analyzingthe ways in which this right materializes, or not, using Vila Emater II, in Maceió AL, as a case study.