Social housing in urban revalorization contexts: considerations from the Rio de Janeiro experience

Authors

  • João Carlos Carvalhaes dos Santos Monteiro Université du Québec à Montréal

Keywords:

central districts, urban revalorization, social housing, Rio de Janeiro, Novas Alternativas Program

Abstract

This article aims at contributing to the academic debate on the incorporation of the housing component into recent experiences of revalorization of urban downtown areas in Brazil. It presents the results found by a study about the production of social housing in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The reflections presented here derive from an analysis of a program called Novas Alternativas (New Alternatives), created in 1996 by the local government with the declared objective of encouraging home building in the central neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro’s capital city. Through a review of the municipal government’s institutional publications about the theme and interviews with the program’s staff, this article uncovers the discursive components that support the actions of Rio de Janeiro’s local government in promoting the construction of home building.

Author Biography

João Carlos Carvalhaes dos Santos Monteiro, Université du Québec à Montréal

Geógrafo. Mestre em Planejamento Urbano e Regional. Doutorando em Estudos Urbanos pela Université du Québec à Montréal.

Published

2015-11-22

How to Cite

Monteiro, J. C. C. dos S. (2015). Social housing in urban revalorization contexts: considerations from the Rio de Janeiro experience. Cadernos Metrópole, 17(34), 441–459. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/metropole/article/view/21820