HOUSING POLICY A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE

The last decade has revealed significant advancements on social housing in Brazil. Along with the implementation of the National Housing Policy (2004), the National Housing System (2005), and the National Housing Plan (2008), a consistent model to face the Brazilian housing deficit was created. The prime execution program, called Minha Casa Minha Vida [My Home My Life] program (PMCMV), assembles the government and private agents to build a million houses for low income people. Based on the outlined context, this paper seeks to evaluate the relationship between National Housing Policy and PMCMV, discussing its implications on housing outlook in the country. The results reveal a theoretical and conceptual unbalance between these two policies, allowing speculation on the prevalence of the economic component over the social one.