Produzir casas ou construir cidades? Desafios para um novo Brasil urbano

This book is the result of extensive research, carried out by the Laboratório de Habitação e Assentamentos Humanos of the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo (LABHAB FAUUSP, on the urban impacts resulting from housing projects for the middle-income housing market that are multiplying across the country, within the scope of an important policy government. As of 2006, the growth of the national economy and the elimination of some administrative and institutional bottlenecks led to a significant growth in the civil construction sector, associated with greater access to housing finance for the middle-income layers of the Brazilian population, increasing significantly unprecedented housing offer in this segment)