Experiências de autogestão habitacional na região noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul (2005-2012): entidades, atores e articulações

Abstract

This work aims to profile the experiences of self-managed housing production in the northwestern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), which concentrates most of the funding programs in the state, between the years 2005 and 2012. Using data obtained from the Ministry of Cities, in relation to projects contracted by the federal housing finance programs targeted to self-management (Crédito Solidário and Minha Casa, Minha Vida - Entidades) may have knowledge of the number of entities in the region, well as information about them. Thus, this study aims to investigate and profile of these experiences, detailing its features - if associations, cooperatives or unions - shapes and areas. Indeed, what they wanted was to know the proposing organizations, in order to see how they have been able to articulate, even located in small towns, that is, away from the major centers, but where the ideas of cooperation is quite strong . The results obtained indicate that most entities are linked to rural production, especially for family farming, although there is a significant number of entities operating in the urban environment. In turn, the ancient practice associations, about which entities have extensive experience in the region, is central to your success in accessing resources on these programs. Finally, it was also observed that the attitude of public officials involved in the organization and implementation of selfmanaging enterprises, in some cases, was decisive for achieving the same.