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Fortaleza Puts Master Plan Draft to City Conference Ahead of Council Vote

The proposal emphasizes social housing via reuse of vacant property, with larger protected green areas.

Overview

  • The Conferência da Cidade runs October 24–26 at the Centro de Eventos do Ceará, bringing 596 voting delegates and 60 observers to debate the 621-article draft.
  • City officials plan to send the consolidated text to the Fortaleza City Council in early November, with a final vote expected by the last ordinary session on December 22.
  • The draft expands the Macrozona do Ambiente Natural by 38.43%, adding 2,942.52 hectares across preservation and sustainable-use zones.
  • ZEIS designations for favela-type settlements rise from 45 to 87, and a new ZEIS de Reparação de Danos targets infrastructure in historically marginalized areas such as Jangurussu housing complexes.
  • New housing tools classify vacant or underused sites as Imóveis Especiais de Interesse Social, enabling PEUC, progressive IPTU, expropriation, consórcio imobiliário, dação em pagamento, and collection of abandoned properties, with leaders pledging land-title regularization so residents can improve homes without removals.