The "Minha Casa Minha Vida" program (MCMV) started in 2009 and was afterwards elevated to the status of Brazilian housing policy. Since its creation the appearance of other alternatives for housing provision has been restricted. This paper performs a diagnosis of the recent housing policy in...

This article has its origins on the development of a research program on the evaluation of slum upgrading interventions and policies at IPEA. The final result is a methodological proposal designed for the evaluation of slum upgrading projects included in Brazil's "Programa de Aceleração do...

Created in 2009 by the federal government, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) is the largest housing policy in Brazil. Since its creation, it has financed the majority of the country's social housing provision. However, we argue that MCMV operations are detached from the national housing policy...

This article has its origins on the development of a research program on the evaluation of slum upgrading interventions and policies at IPEA. The final result is a methodological proposal designed for the evaluation of slum upgrading projects included in Brazil's Programa de Aceleração do...

Este texto parte do desenvolvimento de um processo de pesquisas sobre avaliação e meta-avaliação de políticas e intervenções de urbanização de assentamentos precários, e apresenta como resultado final uma proposta de metodologia para avaliação deintervenções de urbanização de...

Desde 2009, o Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) assumiu a maior parte da provisão habitacional de interesse social no Brasil, operando fora do marco do Fundo Nacional de Habitação de Interesse Social (FNHIS) e colocando em segundo plano, como orientador da política habitacional para as...

The "Minha Casa Minha Vida" program (MCMV) started in 2009 and was afterwards elevated to the status of Brazilian housing policy. Since its creation the appearance of other alternatives for housing provision has been restricted. This paper performs a diagnosis of the recent housing policy in...

In this paper we analyze the social housing supply by "Minha Casa Minha Vida" (MCMV) program in Brazil, aimed at low-wage families (earning up to R$ 1,600 per month), as well as the housing shortage ("deficit habitacional") in a similar wage range. The location of MCMV's housing estates is...

Deficiencies of housing and urban infrastructures are heterogeneous in Brazil, making territorial analyses necessary. In this article we analyze data of the 2010 Census regarding "aglomerados subnormais" (AS), a national classification of census tracts that generally correspond to slums. We try...