Housing, food and urban inequality: study about the class and gender segregation in cities

Abstract

The progress’s understanding, defined by a neoliberal operation, generated crises that have repercussions on aspects inherent to survival and human dignity, such as housing and food, being victims of progress at any cost that reproduces inequality and  hunger. Starting from the house's demand and food such as a  right, the article seeks to understand living  and  eating  from  a  class  perspective,  recognizing  an  urban  planning  engine  of  the  exclusionary  logic  and  the responsibility  of  women  for  the  quality  of  family life in the context of “female responsibilities at home”. The methodological path of the study presents as its main action the analytical review of academic publications on the subject, considering critical productions to the formation process and management of cities, mainly  with regard to housing  and  the  essential  dynamics  of  urban  life.  Thus,  it  is  observed  that  the  current  city  model  excludes  a  large portion  of  the  population  with  a  sieve  of  class  and  gender,  whose  daily  life  is  marginalized,  victim of  unequal management of the territory. Moreover, by shedding light on the need to rethink the city based on trivial demands, such  as  housing  and  food,  an  incipient  city  model  is  put  to  the  test. An urbanism  dedicated  to  rent  and  gender inequalities reduction creates demands for caring cities: the population needs with its essential demands to be at the center of the debate and the plan.