Biography

Rita Silva graduated in Community Development and Mental Health and completed her Masters in Development Studies. She is an activist on the issues of the right to housing and the City, dedicating herself to the promotion of social movement and critical awareness in these areas. She joined the research project - FINHABIT - which studies the relationship between housing, territory, society and finance. She is currently a PhD student in Political Economy, focusing on the role of the State in the emergence of institutional investors in housing.