SOCIAL HOUSING OFFICE OF SERTÃO ALAGOANO

Abstract

The housing deficit in Brazil is the result of decades of conflicts over urban land and housing. Low-income families, without access to the formal market, resort to their own solutions, highlighting the inefficiency of the state. From slavery to the present day, the housing crisis has worsened, especially in urban areas and in rural areas of the Northeast. In Alagoas, one of the states with the worst social indicators, Delmiro Gouveia recorded in 2010 a deficit of 1,899 households (14.4%) and 1,862 inadequate households (19.2%). The Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program had a limited impact in the region, with only one housing project, which was not completed and occupied illegally in 2015. In 2008, Federal Law No. 11,888 was enacted, which aims to guarantee free technical assistance for social housing, reaffirming the constitutional right to housing. This project aims to resume actions of PROEXT 2014 – Social Housing Office in Alagoas, offering diagnosis, advice and support for the implementation of housing projects in Delmiro Gouveia. The initiative is part of PROFAEX/UFAL 2023, disciplines of Extension Curricular Actions and the Interdisciplinary Group of Research in Engineering (GIPE), promoting mutual learning among teachers, students and the community. The objective is to develop housing solutions adapted to the local reality, respecting community knowledge and optimizing regional resources. This experience report describes the actions developed in this project during the 2023/2024 edition of the PROFAEX call for proposals.