What does it mean that Brazil's constitution is "pro-squatter"?
The Brazilian government encourages people to become squatters.
Metropolitan areas such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro provide squatter families with $1000.00 in seed money to start building a home in surrounding favelas.
Squatters may legally claim that public and private land is their own, as long as they have occupied it for a set period of time.
The Brazilian constitution dictates that squatters, if occupying a minimum of 40% of the land area in a specific place, must be represented in local government by an elected official.
The Brazilian constitution states that squatter equality issues must be adequately covered in the country's national news sources.