Empreendimentos habitacionais de interesse social – estudo de caso em São Leopoldo, rs

Abstract

This study aims to contribute to the qualification of the social housing sector on the Vale dos Sinos region, RS, investigating constructin systems and habitability factors of on projects of this kind of development practiced in São Leopoldo, RS. The social production history of housing put the State as one of the mainactors on the implemented process in Brazil since 30’s even though this action is submitted to several criticisms, such as low quality of produced houses groups and the removal user requirements. Inevitably, these two elements cause necessity of intervention, usually disordered and with further increase in product quality losses. In this study some of the main official models are identified and analyzed, in use since Getúlio Vargas’s government and his successor until the Luís Inácio Lula da Silva’s government . It has been used, as aresearch methodology, some instruments such as documentary data collection, APO and interviews with users and other stakeholders of the programs studied, as well as systemic observation of the researcher. The aim of this study is to evaluate public programs and housing condominium intended for social housing based on habitability factors in the context of Sao Leopoldo, RS. As a result of this discussion it was concluded that the models studied have characteristics that partially meet the needs of the population assisted by programs of social housing in the city of São Leopoldo and the surrounding region. And mainly that the inclusion of performance criteria and sustentability for the production of social housing must contribute significantly to the improvement of the product in the segment.