Opportunities for Social Housing upgrading in non-mandatory scenarios

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46421/encacelacac.v18i1.6641

Keywords:

Upgrading, Interventions, Social Housing, Non-mandatory process, Decision-making

Abstract

Studies highlight shortcomings of housing programs in delivering quality, and recommend housing stock upgrading to address evolving social and technological needs, as well as to adopt sustainable practices to mitigate climate change. In Brazil, a no-mandatory upgrading prevails, and improvements are usually user induced as attested by the many transformations of housing, however without feasibility studies. Thus, the objectives of the study are to understand how housing programs support upgrading and how to choose a suitable upgrading action based on investment and complexity. A literature analysis was developed to identify upgrading in Brazil. An analysis of decision-making and improvement were evaluated to define an upgrading opportunity scenario, based on investment and complexity of interventions. Current policies need to be more comprehensive, and sensitive to embrace the urgent global problems to guarantee the effectiveness of housing improvements

Author Biographies

Elisa Atalia Daniel Muianga, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo e de Design| Universidade de São Paulo

PhD in Civil Engineering from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo - SP, Brazil).

Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

PhD in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley. Full Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Campinas - SP, Brazil)

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Published

2025-08-16

How to Cite

MUIANGA, Elisa Atalia Daniel; KOWALTOWSKI, Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz. Opportunities for Social Housing upgrading in non-mandatory scenarios. In: ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE CONFORTO NO AMBIENTE CONSTRUÍDO, 18., 2025. Anais [...]. [S. l.], 2025. DOI: 10.46421/encacelacac.v18i1.6641. Disponível em: https://eventos.antac.org.br/index.php/encac/article/view/6641. Acesso em: 3 may. 2026.

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7. Conforto Ergonômico e Qualidade Ambiental