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Movements will demand action from the São Paulo City Hall after the capital was placed on alert due to the rains.

Protesters are demanding a public policy for flood prevention and support measures for affected people, especially in at-risk areas and those prone to flooding.

Movements will demand action from the São Paulo City Hall after the capital was placed on alert due to the rains (Photo: Reproduction (TV Cultura/Youtube))

247 - The Movement of People Affected by Dams, the Central of Popular Movements and the Union of Housing Movements, will hold an event this Tuesday (14) in front of the São Paulo city hall against the floods and for the rights of the affected populations. The gathering was scheduled to begin at 10:30 am, in Praça do Patriarca. Demonstrators will demand from the São Paulo city hall a public policy for flood prevention and support measures for affected people, especially those living in areas at risk and subject to floods. 

In a statement, the three entities affirmed that they will "demand from the São Paulo city government a set of measures such as: a) a contingency plan for all risk areas, as well as full reparation for material losses; b) construction of housing for families who lose their homes due to floods; c) expediting the granting of property tax exemptions for affected families; d) execution of the entire budget allocated for flood prevention."

"The city of São Paulo is completely vulnerable to extreme events, especially low-income communities." "Real estate speculation, social inequality, the absence of an urban and housing policy that prioritizes impoverished segments of the population, coupled with environmental racism, continues to produce tragedies, mainly among Black people, women, and children living in the areas most exposed to the effects of flooding."

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According to the institutions, the city of São Paulo currently has 181 homes in at-risk areas, representing approximately 700 people. Civil Defense monitors 480 areas throughout the city. 

The public prosecutor's office for housing presented a study to the Municipal Court of Auditors (TCM) indicating that from 2014 to 2021 the city government failed to execute R$ 3,4 billion of the funds allocated for flood prevention works. Last year, Mayor Ricardo Nunes spent only R$ 474 million of the R$ 937 million budgeted, or 48% of the total.

"We, from the popular movements, cannot stand idly by in the face of this tragedy that has caused floods, loss of life, homes, and many other material possessions."