Property rights: analysis of the public land policy in the Cidade Olímpica, in São Luís (MA)

Abstract

São Luís, like other cities in Brazil, underwent an intense process of urbanization between the 1950s and 1980s, characterized by an accelerated and unplanned form, resulting in sprawling and dispersed occupation in peripheral areas, causing a series of social, environmental, legal and urbanistic problems. With the high number of irregular dwellings and precarious housing in urban spaces, Brazil has regulated the right to decent housing and land regularization policies, which have been consolidated as public policies since the 1980s. The approach of this research consists in the analysis of Property Law, based on the occupation of Cidade Olímpica, focusing on the issuance of private property titles in the neighborhood, through the Urban Land Regularization Program in São Luís. However, it should be noted that land regularization is not limited to the transfer of land titles. In order for this to occur in full, it must be articulated to urban regularization.

Keywords:
Landholding Regularization; Informality; Cidade Olímpica; Property Law; Public Policy