Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra puts the final touches.

A member of Brazil's Movimento dos Sem-Teto (Roofless Movement) plays with a soccer ball in the courtyard of one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over recently, in the centre of Sao Paulo, Nov. 18.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement march with their belongings to occupy one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over in one night, in the center of Sao Paulo.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement break open the front door of a vacant building during the occupation of one of the 11 empty buildings the movement took over in Sao Paulo, Oct. 29.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement enter with their belongings one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over in one night, in the center of Sao Paulo, Oct. 29.

Police arrive as members of Brazil's Roofless Movement begin the occupation of an empty buildings that the movement took over, Oct. 29.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement block the front door of a vacant building from the inside during the occupation of one of the structures that the movement took over.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement clean a vacant apartment they chose, in one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over in one night, in the centre of Sao Paulo, Oct. 29.

Siblings, who are children of members of Brazil's Roofless Movement, play in a vacant apartment, Nov. 6.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement stand in the hallway of one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over recently, in the center of Sao Paulo, Nov. 6.

A member of Brazil's Roofless Movement leaves for work from a bulding occupied by the group through a hole made with a sledgehammer.

A leader (second right, white smock) of Brazil's Movimento dos Sem-Teto (Roofless Movement) speaks to a state health worker (in blue) and a policeman, outside one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over in the centre of Sao Paulo, Dec. 4.

A member of Brazil's Roofless Movement watches TV, Nov. 18.

A Colombian member of Brazil's Roofless Movement hangs laundry, Nov. 18.

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement sit on couches in one of the 11 empty buildings, Dec. 4.

A member of Brazil's Roofless Movement fixes her hair beside her children near Christmas decorations, Dec. 4.

A member of Brazil's Movimento dos Sem-Teto (Roofless Movement) does laundry in one of the empty buildings that the movement occupied, Dec. 5.

A member of Brazil's Roofless Movement brushes her hair Oct. 29.

A member of Brazil's Roofless Movement cooks inside the space he closed off with plywood, in one of the 11 empty buildings that the movement took over recently, in the center of Sao Paulo, Dec. 5

Members of Brazil's Roofless Movement sleep on the floor of a vacant apartment, Oct. 29.

Joao Pedro dos Santos Teixeira, 11, who is deaf and a music student, poses for a portrait at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4. The technique of teaching music to deaf children was developed by Fabio Bonvenuto while working in this public school in 2005, where the percussionists feel the music through vibrations rather than sound waves. Their "Music of Silence Band" recently received an invitation to play in the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup alongside the country's top musicians.

Alex Gustavo Moreira, 8, who is deaf and a member of the "Music of Silence Band," plays a tambourine next to teacher Maria Damaceno, at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4.

Deaf students, from left, Joao Farias Alves, 11, Antonio Marques, 16, and Joao Pedro dos Santos Teixeira, 11, play bongos during their music class at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Sept. 4.

Deaf students Alexandre Rocha de Lima, left, 18, and Christoffer Rodrigues, 12, use sign language to communicate before their music class at the Madre Lucie Bray Municipal School for the Deaf in Sao Paulo on Aug. 28.

Alexsander da Silva, 14, who is deaf and a member of the "Music of Silence Band", arranges his uniform before their concert at the Municipal Theatre of Vinhedo city, 62 miles from Sao Paulo, on Aug. 31.

Music professor Fabio Bonvenuto, left, plays the bongs with his deaf students and members of the "Music of Silence Band", from right, Weslen Santos de Souza, 14, Sivaldo Beserra Ferraz, 16, Jhenifer Olivia da Silva, 14, Kelvin Santos Magalhaes, 15, and Franciele Santos Oliviera, 14, at the end of their concert at the Municipal Theatre of Vinhedo city, 62 miles from Sao Paulo, on Aug. 31.

Thablio Tardoni, 6, plays with weights at the Alcantara Machado gym on July 18.

Simone Franco, 35, lifts weights next to her 11-month-old son Aquiles Franco at a gym under the Alcantara Machado gym on July 18.

A man stretches at the Alcantara Machado gym on July 19.

Bus riders view The Alcantara Machado gym on July 19.

A couple walks through a labyrinth made with blocks of recycled materials at Parque da Juventude (Youth Park) in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Monday. Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur installed three 300 square meters labyrinths in the city, each of which is made with 30 tons of recycled blocks.

Detail of the outer wall of a labyrinth by Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur, made of blocks of recycled materials at Parque da Juventude (Youth Park) in Sao Paulo.

Marta dos Santos sits with five of her six children in room of the occupiped Prestes Maia building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, Feb. 23. Occupied since 2002 by about 350 homeless families, the building lacks electricity, elevators and running water. The families are part of Brazil's "roofless" squatter movement that's been around for years and hasn't abated despite the nation's economic boom. Squatters say their meager incomes, often earned in Brazil's informal economy, would never allow them to afford rent, even in slums.

Boys sit outside the occupied Prestes Maia building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A woman looks down from the staircase in the occupied Prestes Maia building

A woman plays with her cat in the front door of her apartment in the occupied Prestes Maia building.

A resident looks outside from a peephole at the entrance of an ilegally occupied building before being evicted in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 9.

Squatters watch from an ilegally occupied building before being evicted, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 9.

A pregnant woman is carried out from an occupied building during a meeting with city authorities before being evicted in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 9.

Some people from the 230 families evicted from an ilegally occupied building eight days ago, stay in makeshift tents on the sidewalk in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 9.

A homeless young man sleeps on the sidewalk in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 9.