Abstract
The production of housing is an important activity for capitalist accumulation and one of the foci of conflict around the appropriation of space. Historically, this required state regulation by various means, including, housing policies. Although it is something present in all socio-spatial formations, the way in which production and regulation of the sector take place in different spaces depends, at bottom, on the ongoing accumulation pattern. Based on this methodological assumption, this article seeks is, in the light of the critical theory of underdevelopment, to analyze the current characteristics and limitations of housing policies in the continent of Latin America. Given the variety of ongoing experiences, the discussion will be centered on the Minha Casa Minha Vida (My House My Life) (Brazil) and Gran Misión Vivienda (Venezuela) programs as being two paradigmatic models of the production of a city. It is said that there are three main differences between these two programs: the subsidy schemes and funding instruments; land policy; and the state's relationship with the fractions of capital that determines the pattern of the policies of the countries.
Highlights
The production of housing is an important activity for capitalist accumulation is the ability to extend the circulation and realization of capital, either because the focus on the reproduction of the labor force
Faced with the contradictions and conflicts present in this segment, synthesized by the dispute and production of urban space, state regulation is established by various means, and among them, there are the housing policies
Housing policies are verified in many of the countries that have achieved a certain degree of development, its size and economic and financial mechanisms are conditioned on the one hand, by the ongoing accumulation pattern and, secondly, the specifics of their own socio-spatial formations (ARUTO, 2015)
Summary
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia, Centro de Desenvolvimento Econômico, Campinas, SP, Brasil. Abstract : The production of housing is an important activity for capitalist accumulation and one of the foci of conflict around the appropriation of space This required state regulation by various means, including, housing policies. It is something present in all socio-spatial formations, the way in which production and regulation of the sector take place in different spaces depends, at bottom, on the ongoing accumulation pattern. Based on this methodological assumption, this article seeks is, in the light of the critical theory of underdevelopment, to analyze the current characteristics and limitations of housing policies in the continent of Latin America.
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