Os desafios do mutirão assistido: experiência da política habitacional em comunidade tradicional do Estado da Bahia

Abstract

Report and analyze the process of formulation and execution of Bahia’s state housing production program focusing on the attendance of traditional communities, with emphasis on the author’s personal experience in Aldeia Velha, an indigenous village in Porto Seguro – BA. The experience’s relevance lies on the conception of a program aimed to typical joint-effort housing construction methods which encompasses income support to the beneficiaries, with resources provided by Bahia’s state government alone and, most important, on the countercurrent of traditional housing programs ran by contractors. However, the research is focused on the critique of issues related to the formulation process of a specific public policy – and the possible overly-technical approach in public management -, in addition to the village in context’s internal problems as well as overall limits of State action.