The architecture firms quickly started working on their plans for favela upgrades and in mid-2012 that resources for 10 of the firms were released for use.

Social workers and anthropologists were assigned to each of the teams to hold discussion groups with the residents of each community to learn their needs and hear their opinions on aspects of the projects.

One of the most significant progress made by the Morar Carioca program was the assignment of land titles to property owners in the favela communities, bringing regularity and structure to land ownership in areas that often dealt with property disputes and land takeovers.

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