Abstract
The purpose of this article is to stimulate debate on the common in the land context, as well as the issues of urban informality and collective property in Brazil, based on action-research on the registration process of Special Urban Collective Usucaption at the Chácara do Catumbi, a place located at the Catumbi neighborhood (Rio de Janeiro). This paper studies the challenges of collective property management in the Brazilian context, analyzes the debate around the common in issues involving property rights, and finally discusses the main challenges of collective property management through the case of the Chácara do Catumbi.
Keywords:
Collective ownership; Land regularization; Collective adverse possession; Chácara do Catumbi