"Everybody is extremely dissatisfied with the way things are going," said Theresa Williamson, director of CatComm, an NGO that campaigns for housing rights in Rio de Janeiro. "We were told, 'We're not investing in things because we don't have resources' and then all of a sudden, the resources are there. It's about equality and mobility, in all senses. I don't think there's been anything on this scale for 20 years."