"Minha Casa, Minha Vida"

Housing and job creation policy or deepening urban segregation?

Abstract

This work want to present a brief critical analysis about the National Housing Plan announced by the federal government during the month of march 2009, aiming to minimize the impacts of the ongoing international economic crisis on employment in Brazil and at the same time combat the serious existing housing deficit. This necessary confrontation will happen, according to proposal of the government, by two main fronts: firstly, as housing policy, trying to reduce housing deficit for the population where this deficit is concentrate, in other words, the families that have income until three minimum wages. This reduction, in turn, will result, as required by the plan, constructing and financing of one million houses. In addition, the plan predicts the heating of the civil construction sector, like a policy of generation employment, income and economic growth. The criticisms presented in this text revolve around the possible existent limitations to the implementation of the federal plan - in respect of weaknesses of the policy, while creating jobs - and their on own nature.