Minha casa minha vida program, prioritization of well being aspect and the agency aspect: expansion of capabilities via access to adequate housing

Résumé

The right to adequate housing is part of the fundamental social rights listed on the Federative Republic of Brazil Constitution. Even before, the State showed some worry about the problem with housing deficit. Different public policies have come with the time. Nowadays, Minha Casa Minha Vida Program (PMCMV) works as the main tool to the public housing policy. Despite the difference between the property right and adequate housing right, the focus given by PMCMV is the housing unities production which is linked to real estate market, what determine the prioritization of well being aspect of their beneficiaries, understood as the access to the real estate good produced at the program. Beyond the well being aspect, it is searched to give that the data of the evaluation to the program are structured taking in consideration the development of agency aspect of their beneficiaries with an expansion process of their capabilities via access to adequate housing.