The conflictual relation between the church and public authorities in municipal management of urban land – case study: Cruz das Posses - SP

Abstract It is remarkable the number of cities in the Ribeirão Preto region, the state of São Paulo, where the original territorial heritage is still under the authority of the Catholic Church in tenure regime. The objective of this study is to analyze and discuss the tenuous relationship between the Church and the Municipal Authority in the management of aforada urban land, with the illustrative study the Cruz district Posses, of municipality of Sertãozinho. Long lease, tenure or emprazamento are equivalent terms denoting that the resident does not have land ownership, but only the useful domain, which ends up generating, in various cities of the study area, some contemporary barriers, for example, the difficulty of achieve bank loans or endorse a business. This is due to the fact that private and public institutions subentenderem that no discharge debt guarantees, since the residents have only a letter of tenure, which means to be a document devoid of legal value to the civil power.