Nothing on the street, whithout the street: a history of struggles, achievements, challenges and perspectives with the National Moviment Homeless Population

Abstract

This test takes the form of an interview, aiming to report the experience of the first author, Darcy da Silva Costa, as a representative
of the National Movement of the Homeless Population (MNPR) in São Paulo, Brazil. The report proposal e is an attempt to systematize and present reflections on some of the MNPR's stories, its concrete actions over the years, as well as its achievements, challenges, and future prospects. The struggles undertaken by the MNPR in different Brazilian states are surrounded by tensions and paradoxes, while the Movement positions itself as an important tool in the pursuit of the realization and guarantee of social, political, and human rights for people experiencing homelessness. Therefore, this is a collective struggle that translates into "doing with", as opposed to “doing for”, and which is in constantly evolving.