De um dos maiores loteamentos ao maior projeto de regularização fundiária da América Latina: a trajetória de luta por terra e moradia no Balneário Água Limpa e os limites do acesso à cidadania

Abstract

This study aimed to critically analyze the relationship between citizenship and the land regularization process, conducted under the provisions of Law No. 13,465/2017, through the actions of private initiatives represented by the regularization companies Terra Nova and Renascer, in the Balneário Água Limpa neighborhood, specifically in the area located within the municipality of Nova Lima, since the territory also extends into the municipality of Itabirito in Minas Gerais. To this end, the research addressed the land, urban, and housing issues in Brazil. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were conducted with spatial transformation agents present in the empirical field, which revealed the vulnerable conditions of the region’s occupants. Finally, it is concluded that there is an incompatibility between the capitalist rationality, which guides the companies’ actions in their attempt to solve the housing irregularity in the neighborhood, and the vulnerability of the Água Limpa residents, a condition that paradoxically stems from the very logic of capital.