Amongst the other practical issues regularly outlined on this blog and our YouTube channel, the unravelling of events that led to the exposure of the largest fraud case witnessed under the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) reminds us not only of the misconceptions of the practical operation of the program but also some of the ugly business ethics that still remain in the Brazilian construction industry.
Another recent example of the inherent problems facing Brazil´s Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) program demonstrating how progress on a project in Bahia (north of the country) has been abandoned for 2 years. Whilst it is seen that residents invaded the houses prior to the completion of...
The increasing reports of unsatisfactory standards being delivered under the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) program have served as vivid examples of the build-up of practical and execution-related questions oulined in the Brazil without Favelas report, published some months ago by @feztapronto – Ruban Selvanayagam.
A translated statement made by the Caixa Econômica Federal in response to the demolition of two buildings constructed under the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) program, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.
Another report of bad housing standards being delivered under the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) program in Resende, Rio de Janeiro as well as the complex questions that have emerged in relation to post-completion responsibility: For a full analysis of the reality of the Brazilian housing market –...
Units under the Residential Leasing Program (Programa de Arrendamento Residencial, PAR) – under the auspices of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) program – have been in such high demand that a recent project launch in Rio Verde in the state of Goiás saw potential buyers literally fighting to be considered for one of the units.
Samy Dana has emerged as one of Brazil´s leading no nonsense consumer watchdog commentators – regularly exposing the real implications of finance mechanisms used by the country´s leading retailers, credit card debt and other unscrupulous practices. Please take a look at a broadly translated blog post published on the Folha São Paulo this week, where he explored the current state of the country´s property market. Also take the time to view Ruban Selvanayagam´s comments underneath.
I recently came across an interesting post by Edilberto Sena published on the Quarto Poder blog which pointed to a relatively large scaled Minha Casa, Minha Vida project under construction in Santarém, Pará state. Please see the translation below: “The fact that Brazil has an immense housing deficit does not justify...
Another news piece on one of the largest Minha Casa, Minha Vida (“My House, My Life”) developments in Maranhão state (northern Brazil) has demonstrated how administrative bottlenecks have given rise to housing units being invaded by unregistered claimants.
The heavy rainfall that struck the northern Rio de Janeiro state municipality of Petrópolis in recent weeks has served as an ugly reminder of the realities of housing policy for Brazil´s lower income groups – with 1,074 people still homeless as a result of flooding and mudslides (see a series of photos here). Late last week, it was reported that resettlement progress after a similar event that struck the “Morro do Bumba” region in Niterói three years ago has been barely negligible (the disaster resulted in 47 deaths and a several hundred families losing the roofs over their heads).
