Brazil’s Lula to restart housing program for low-income families

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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will this month restart the federal housing program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” for lower income people, his chief of staff said on Sunday.

Rui Costa said on TV GloboNews that the announcement will be made on Feb. 14 in Bahia state as part of several trips by the leftist president until March to initiate programs that boost the economy and quickly benefit the population.

The focus of the housing program, which means “my home, my life”, would be on the resumption of unfinished works and on one that involves greater government subsidy, Costa said.

According to Costa, the program had been “extinct” under the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Now, around 120,000 unfinished units will be resumed, he said.

Created in 2009 during Lula’s second presidential term, the program offers federal subsidies for home ownership, boosting works carried out by homebuilders such as MRV and Tenda.

Costa also said that the president would visit the state of Sergipe on Feb. 15 to resume a highways program.

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TheBeTalls on February 7th, 2023 at 17:22 UTC »

Regardless of whether Lula is far left enough for you, you can’t deny he’s a massive improvement over that psychopath and he’s making lots of steps in the right direction.

winnercommawinner on February 7th, 2023 at 16:17 UTC »

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Lula is a little corrupt, but he cares about the rainforest and poor people and indigenous people and believes in science, and that's really what we need right now.

O-hmmm on February 7th, 2023 at 14:01 UTC »

It's so nice to finally see uplifting news coming out of Brazil.