The production of urban space and the social housing in the metropolitan scale: Effects of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre - RS

• Main Authors: Maria Soares de Almeida, Lucia Camargos Melchiors
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul 2016-12-01
• Series: Redes
• Subjects: Agentes produtores do espaço urbano. Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida. Produção do espaço urbano. Política Habitacional. Regiões Metropolitanas. Dispersão e Segregação Territorial.
• Online Access: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/7366

This paper discusses the production of urban space by examining the housing projects produced by Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program − PMCMV. To analyze the spatial distribution of projects produced by the Program, and the activities of the stakeholders involved in this process, we collected information regarding developments hired under the PMCMV between the years 2009-2013 in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. The projects were georeferenced and analyzed taking in consideration their position in relation to the urban sprawl. A mapping of stakeholders was carried out through a survey and analysis of the construction companies that were hired under the Program scheme. We observed a small number of municipalities covered by the program; a juxtaposition of developments in certain urban areas; the presence of a few companies controlling a larger volume of contracted units; and the tendency to locate projects, aimed to the lower income band, along the urban peripheries.