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An unprecedented alignment: state, finance, construction and housing production in Brazil since the 2000s

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This paper analyses the unprecedented alignment between State, finance and construction in Brazil during the 2000s that enabled large contractors and developers to produce increasing volumes of housing for middle and low-income families. It empirically describes a capitalist structure of housing production focused on the ‘economic segment’. This commonly-used real estate market term refers to housing units with prices of up to USD 100,000. In analytic terms, this segment blurred the boundaries between the production of social housing (promoted by the State) and the housing market. From 2009, this production model was incorporated into the programme known as Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life), which has since – following the example of other Latin American countries – dictated the direction of Brazilian housing policy towards large-scale production. The empirical data used in this research were collected through three strategies: (i) documentary research; (ii) analysis of primary and secondary databases; and (iii) field research in construction companies. The results indicate that sophisticated real estate-financial mechanisms were tied to the housing production, while continuing an industrial production base with archaic elements and a dependence on public subsidies and housing policy.

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  • Lucia Shimbo, 2019. "An unprecedented alignment: state, finance, construction and housing production in Brazil since the 2000s," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 337-353, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:19:y:2019:i:3:p:337-353
    DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2019.1573960
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    1. Eduarda Marques da Costa & Ideni Terezinha Antonello, 2021. "Urban Planning and Residential Segregation in Brazil—The Failure of the “Special Zone of Social Interest” Instrument in Londrina City (PR)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-18, November.
    2. Alejandra Reyes & Patricia Basile, 2022. "The Distinctive Evolution Of Housing Financialization In Brazil And Mexico," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(6), pages 933-953, November.
    3. Eduilson Carneiro & Wilza Lopes & Giovana Espindola, 2021. "Linking Urban Sprawl and Surface Urban Heat Island in the Teresina–Timon Conurbation Area in Brazil," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-16, May.
    4. Rodrigo Castriota, 2024. "HOUSING BEYOND THE METROPOLIS: Inhabiting Extractivism and Extensions in Urban Amazonia," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(1), pages 32-52, January.

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