Chapter 7

Urban Land Tenure in Brazil:From Centralized Stateto Market Processesof Housing Land Delivery

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Flávio de Souza and Roger Zetter

INTRODUCTION

Housing policy has always played a central role in the political agenda of successive governments in Brazil. For this reason, the sector provides a valuable barometer, not only of the changing political economy of the country, but also of the link between national priorities and the wider framework of international development trends.

Within this context, this chapter examines recent shifts in Brazilian housing policy and provision evident in the transformation from welfare to market paradigms of ...

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