CONTENTS AND MEANINGS OF SOCIOSPATIAL SEGREGATION IN IMPERATRIZ-MA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSING POLICY WIDESPREAD IN THE ITAMAR GUARÁ I HOUSING SET

Abstract

In this article we present elements of the configuration of the housing policy developed in the city of Imperatriz-MA. This study aims to reflect on the meanings of the housing policy disseminated through the My Home My Life Program - PMCMV - in the housing set Itamar Guará I, implanted in this city in the year of 2012 and its relations with the urban sociospatial segregation. In the first moment, the intensification of the urbanization process in Brazil is highlighted as a reflection that presented itself in a complex way, promoting a series of social problems, among them, the lack of housing. Then, a brief context was given to the evolution of housing policies in Brazil, with emphasis on the PMCMV and its contradictions.From the methodological point of view, the reflections made here are based on the Marxist and qualitative approaches and supported the adoption of the dialectical method, considering the contradictory construction of the urban space in the contemporary capitalist city. For data collection, we also used simple observation and semi-structured interviews with residents of the Itamar Guará I housing set.