[pt] O trabalho aborda o problema da habitação social no Brasil, repensando o papel do aluguel como modalidade de acesso à moradia digna para a população de menor renda. Para o estudo, tomamos como referência o Programa de Locação Social que a prefeitura de São Paulo vem desenvolvendo desde o Governo da Marta Suplicy, com influência da experiência francesa e europeia em geral. O resumo histórico revela que o tema habitacional está presente no contexto em que as questões sociais foram assumidas pelo Estado brasileiro, durante o Governo Vargas, fazendo parte do conjunto das estratégias que incluíam a ampliação da proteção dos trabalhadores através das políticas sociais. Por um longo período, o aluguel foi a principal maneira utilizada pela população para se alojar nas cidades, chegando a induzir sua expansão no território, e foi sempre uma atividade econômica bastante lucrativa para o mercado imobiliário. A Lei do Inquilinato, de 1942, foi a principal iniciativa criada pelo governo para regular a relação locatícia entre proprietários e inquilinos, antes, a cargo do Código Civil. Mas o reforço adotado pelo governo para estimular a casa própria, individualizada e na periferia, consolidou a ideia da moradia como mercadoria. Sendo assim, a ação fragmentada das políticas sociais é refletida nos programas habitacionais, que passaram a privilegiar a produção habitacional em grande escala como solução para o problema. A metodologia adotou as entrevistas de campo com lideranças dos movimentos por moradia e técnicos que participaram da elaboração do Programa de Locação Social. Os resultados revelam grupos sociais organizados, que buscam a satisfação das suas necessidades com a conquista da moradia na área central da cidade de São Paulo, gerando processos de participação e de fortalecimento em torno da defesa e cobrança de seus direitos à cidade e à moradia. A locação social requer aprimoramentos e maior investimento dos governos para que se torne viável, e as cidades cumpram a sua função social, sobretudo, no momento em que as áreas estão sendo revitalizadas. / [en] This work deals with the problem of social housing in Brazil rethinking the role of social rent as an access mode to decent housing for lower income population. The main reference is the Social Rental Policy the municipality of Sao Paulo has been developing since the Government Marta Suplicy, which brings in its bulge influences of French and European previous experiences. The historical summary demonstrates that the topic of social housing has been present since social issues were assumed by the Brazilian State during the Government Getúlio Vargas, becoming part of a set of strategies aimed at the extension of protection to workers through social policies. For a long period renting was the most widely used mode for living in cities, going so far as to induce the expansion of the so called beneficiary population in the territory, and was always a fairly lucrative economic activity for real state market. The Tenancy Law of 1942 was the main initiative created by the Government GV to regulate the relationship between owners and tenants about location, which was previously in charge of the Civil Code. The strategy adopted by the Government to encourage individualized home ownership in peripheral areas consolidated the idea of housing as a commodity. Thereby, the fragmentary action of social policies eventually influenced housing programs, which began to favoring large-scale housing production as a solution to the problem of social housing. The methodology adopted was field interview with leaders of urban movements for housing and technicians who took part in the drafting of Social Leasing Program. The results reveal that organized social groups are seeking the right to housing in the central area (downtown) of the city of Sao Paulo, originating participatory processes and strengthening the defense and the recovery of their rights to the city and to decent housing. Accordingly, social lease requires improvements and greater investments by Governments in order to help the cities to fulfill their social function, especially when these central areas are being revitalized.

[pt] O presente trabalho visa compreender a tensão existente entre o direito fundamental à moradia e o direito fundamental ao meio ambiente a partir do fenômeno das ocupações em áreas de preservação permanente. O estudo parte da análise das questões urbanas envolvidas, sobretudo os processo de urbanização brasileiro e a tutela da moradia e do ambiente no ordenamento jurídico como direitos fundamentais na Constituição de 1988. Adota a abordagem interdisciplinar para a análise de casos de referência e analisa de decisões judiciais pertinentes. Tem como pressuposto as relações de vulnerabilidade presente nos conflitos entre estes direitos, para os quais apresenta como a diretriz de harmonização para o seu equacionamento a justiça socioambiental. / [en] The present dissertation aimed to understand the tension between the fundamental right to housing and the fundamental right to the environment from the phenomenon of occupations in areas of permanent preservation. At the outset, to understand the phenomenon, was considered the essential aspects of the urban question that involves urban growth without planning, reproduction of the labor force in the capitalist market, access to urban land and private property, housing deficit, unequal allocation of public equipment and services in urban space. The urban question that arises in the context of the construction of an urban space of an essentially social character needs to be understood from the point of view of social dynamics. That is, understanding the participation, responsibilities and the way of acting of each urban actor is paramount for facing the urban question. In addition, in order to understand the tensions between urban actors and institutions, the right to the city is an effective way of harmonizing and overcoming obstacles in the dialogue between fundamental rights housing and the environment. It is still to be considered in the attempt to harmonize them, the environment has now assumed the biocentric vision, in which the protection of all forms of life prevails and not only of human life. For the purposes of equalizing the tension between rights, the environment will have its relative value recognizing and assuming the environmental damages already produced as a way to also meet the most basic human needs related to the right to housing.

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Ontario’s current regulatory approach to low-income housing lies between two primary challenges: the human right to housing, and political/fiscal constraints. This thesis draws on legal theory and economic analysis of law to articulate the proper goals of housing access policy. A structural theory is proposed to explain the normative relationship between efficiency, communitarianism and justice in housing. An array of regulatory options are compared and considered in light of the features that characterize Ontario’s low-income rental housing markets. This analysis favours demand-side housing subsidies to low-income households, combined with supply-side tax expenditures to improve elasticity in the low-income rental market. Further reform of rent and covenant controls, social and affordable housing supply, and land use planning is recommended to ensure an efficient residential tenancy market. These reforms are offered as a framework for the implementation of the human right to housing in Ontario.

Ontario’s current regulatory approach to low-income housing lies between two primary challenges: the human right to housing, and political/fiscal constraints. This thesis draws on legal theory and economic analysis of law to articulate the proper goals of housing access policy. A structural theory is proposed to explain the normative relationship between efficiency, communitarianism and justice in housing. An array of regulatory options are compared and considered in light of the features that characterize Ontario’s low-income rental housing markets. This analysis favours demand-side housing subsidies to low-income households, combined with supply-side tax expenditures to improve elasticity in the low-income rental market. Further reform of rent and covenant controls, social and affordable housing supply, and land use planning is recommended to ensure an efficient residential tenancy market. These reforms are offered as a framework for the implementation of the human right to housing in Ontario.