Researchers

Karinne Assunção Matarim has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (2020) and is studying for a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano e Regional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IPPUR – UFRJ), where she is a member of the Space and Power Research Group and the Laboratório de Estudos das Transformações do Direito Urbanístico Brasileiro (LEDUB).

Currently conducting research in the field of housing, more specifically on rental assistance in Rio de Janeiro. Based on an analysis of the housing policies implemented in Brazil and in the light of the neoconstitutionalist theory in which housing is seen as a right to be guaranteed by the Constitution, the aim is to better understand how a program such as rent assistance is able (or not) to ensure this right in practice. To this end, the empirical investigation uses data from territories within favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Palavras-chave: Housing, Housing policies, Social rent