The abandoned Prestes Maia textile factory, occupied by a homeless movement, stands in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - For years, 66-year-old Vera Helena, one of the matriarchs of a squatter community occupying an abandoned tower in downtown Sao Paulo, has waited for a call to say she won a slot in the city's coveted public housing lottery.
Never has she been among the lucky few, so she continues to make do with a space on the sixth floor of an abandoned garment factory she began calling home in 2002.
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