Executive summary = 4
1. Overview of the status of housing rights in Brazil = 6
2. Key housing rights issues = 10
a. Inadequate housing conditions = 10
b. Security of tenure and forced eviction = 13
c. Housing discrimination = 16
d. National legal protection = 16
3. Housing rights in selected states = 20
a. Sao paulo = 22
b. Rio de Janeiro = 25
c. Rio Grande do Sul = 28
d. Bahia = 31
e. Para = 34
4. Housing rights of marginalised groups = 40
a. Women = 40
b. Afro-Braziliand = 42
c. Indigenous persons and peoples = 43
5. Conclusions = 46
6. Recommendations = 47
7. Annexes (general comments UN Committee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) = 49
8. COHRE Publications = 71
1. Overview of the status of housing rights in Brazil = 6
2. Key housing rights issues = 10
a. Inadequate housing conditions = 10
b. Security of tenure and forced eviction = 13
c. Housing discrimination = 16
d. National legal protection = 16
3. Housing rights in selected states = 20
a. Sao paulo = 22
b. Rio de Janeiro = 25
c. Rio Grande do Sul = 28
d. Bahia = 31
e. Para = 34
4. Housing rights of marginalised groups = 40
a. Women = 40
b. Afro-Braziliand = 42
c. Indigenous persons and peoples = 43
5. Conclusions = 46
6. Recommendations = 47
7. Annexes (general comments UN Committee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) = 49
8. COHRE Publications = 71