Social housing in the downtown of São Paulo city: legislation, production, speech

Author(s)

Isadora Tami Lemos Tsukumo

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2007-05-04

Examining board members

Maria Ruth Amaral de Sampaio; Heitor Frúgoli Junior; Flávio José Magalhães Villaça

• Advisor: Maria Ruth Amaral de Sampaio

Abstract

The object of this work is social housing in the downtown of São Paulo city, under three aspects: the problem of the knowledge development which involves the conceptions about citys growth and the housing problem; the elaboration and development of social housing programs, focused on 2001-2004 period; the municipal laws created to impulse the housing production, specially the Social Housing Especial Zones, type 3 (ZEIS 3). Our aim is to understand the relations between these three sides of the object, emphasizing the theoretical production influence on the city center social housing defense, that by itself, has influenced the effectiveness of housing programs and urban laws. (AU)