A quarter of the families registered with the CDHU have already moved, according to that agency’s numbers. But that data is contested; people in the neighborhood say they don’t trust the government. The homes they’re being told to move to are places that are stuck on the real estate market without being sold, one CDHU staff worker told Global Press Journal, on condition of anonymity to protect his job.
Residents who spoke with Global Press Journal on condition of anonymity say there are people, including whole families, who are trying to occupy the places already demolished in order to benefit from the government’s offer.
When de Barros and her family arrived at their new two-bedroom home, her 15-year-old daughter complained.
“Mom, nothing will fit,” she said.
But de Barros is happy.
“Now,” she says, “I have what is mine.”
