A aplicação da lei da REURB em São Miguel do Iguaçu/PR: a concretização do direito à moradia em área de fronteira

Abstract

The Land and Urban Regularization Law (REURB Law), registered under No. 13,465/2017, innovated with administrative measures and listed important institutes capable of promoting the regularization of informal or irregular urban settlements, that is: the possibility of granting property titles to the real residents and occupants of the area. Given this and the notorious existence of irregular housing in the Municipality of São Miguel do Iguaçu/PR, this study seeks to understand how the REURB Law was applied in the Municipality and its impact on the protection of the right to housing. The research covers an investigation into the territorial formation of the Municipality and the informal urban settlements existing therein. For this purpose, a qualitative and deductive research method was used, based on a bibliographical analysis of laws, documents, and authors who investigated this historical occupation. This analysis was carried out from the perspective of sociological, geographical, and historical aspects of territory, as brought by Haesbaert (2002). Next, it was verified how the REURB Law was applied in these settlements and the effectiveness of land regularization in promoting the right to decent housing. Thus, an empirical research method and case study were also used, conducting several interviews with residents, both descendants of colonizers and those residing in areas covered by the REURB institute. The work was divided into three chapters: theoretical and legal contextualization of REURB; territorial occupation of the municipality; and the impact of colonization on the formation of irregular urban settlements. The application of the Law, in the REURBs in São Miguel do Iguaçu/PR, reveals itself not as a concluded activity, but as an initial milestone for the promotion of adequate urban planning. The Public Power and the population dispute the importance of action for the promotion of this public policy. With this pragmatic analysis of causes, consequences, and results, it will be possible to understand a little more about the urban construction of the city and the way in which public policies aimed at mitigating the social exclusion process that the city's own formation produces are formulated and executed.