Assessoria técnica em arquitetura e urbanismo: experiências e desafios com populações de baixa renda em Açailândia – MA e Alcântara - MA

Abstract

That work refers a discussion about characteristics of housing policy brasileira, both in its aspects institutional and execution work. From here, it is made a parallel with advisory technic to construction and reform of housing units to families with income up to three minimum wages (according to law 11.888/2008), that historically is the part of population with bigger housing deficit. From here a hitoric and dialectical vision, the search seeks to demonstrate, by means of bibliographic research, the contradictions of a housing policy focused on combating housing deficit that ends up generating more social inequalities and features questionable results as improvement of housing quality of benefited. On the other side, features the advisory technic, using bibliographic and semi-participatory research, as alternative to settle the difficulties presented until then by the notorious housing policy.For that, the cases of the Resettlement of Piquiá de Baixo in Açailândia (MA) and the attempt to guarantee the right to housing in Baixão do Lobato in Alcântara (MA) are studied. Through these cases, it is verified that advisory although features as an alternative, it has implementation difficulties, such as public bureaucracy, lack of resources, predominance of the assistance character, and not infrequently, private and business interests contrary to the guarantee of the right to housing. Thus, it can be said that the housing policy as it is known today is far from being overcome by a new policy housing more fair, where the benefited are protagonists in the conquest of their own home.