Government may demolish empty houses in Favela do Moinho – 10/17/2025 – Panel

The company granted a deadline until the 24th so that the management (Republicans) can demolish the buildings, in the center of .

As the Panel showed, , which owns the area occupied by residents and vetoed the entry of machines into the location.

The Tarcísio administration is trying to speed up the removal to avoid new occupations. Marcelo Branco, São Paulo’s Housing Secretary, defends the need to demolish empty houses, with the argument of avoiding new invasions.

The agreement was endorsed by the 14th Civil Court of the Federal Court, in a conciliation hearing held last Tuesday (14) between State and Union Defenders and the government.

In the decision, judge Noemi Martins de Oliveira also says that it is “a case of deferring the presence of military police” in the favela this Saturday (18), during a public hearing called by residents and social movements opposed to the demolitions and removal of remains left by former residents.

The presence of police officers, says the judge, aims to “prevent new occupations”.

According to the Tarcísio administration, 636 families out of almost 850 have already left the community. THE

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