HORIZONS FOR HOUSING POLICY IN THE MST: THE PARTICIPATION OF THE EGÍDIO BRUNETTO I SETTLEMENT PROJECT – LAGOINHA SP

Abstract

A new partnership in the field of rural housing policies has been outlined by the MST and CRATerre to make traditional construction with earth and construction methodology compatible with the reality of the countryside viable. The partnership aims to expand knowledge of the construction technique by forming replicators throughout the country. The justification revolves around the major bottleneck of the civil construction industry, which is oppressive to the reality of the countryside and promotes major environmental impacts, in addition to keeping rural people hostage, separated from their traditional ways. This hegemonic civil construction configuration separates the subject from their needs and conditions of access to housing that is adequate to their demands compatible with the production and reproduction of rural life. The public policies provided by the PNHR and PNRA, although they have been highly effective in the last 15 years, have not considered the peculiarities that the dimensions of life in the countryside maintain, and could even have contributed to the infrastructure of the countryside that allows for investment, public or private, of future real estate interests. Furthermore, the established policies do not provide for the permanence of peasants in rural areas in order to avoid a dynamic of rural exodus.