%0 Thesis
%9 Master
%A Bruggeling, M.
%D 2017
%F theses_frw:2042
%T The My House My Life programme and the housing market in Sao Paulo Brazil
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2042/
%X Social housing is initiated in circumstances where people do not have enough money to afford reasonable quality houses. Governments intervene to supply these social houses (Nguyen, 2005). However, local oppositions argue that property prices are negatively affected by neighbouring social housing developments. Earlier research shows mixed results, some concluding that social housing developments may, indeed, negatively affect property prices (Preez and Sale, 2013; Nguyen, 2005). This study evaluates the implications of the My House My Life (MHML) developments in the ABC region (Brazil) and their effect on the nearby housing market.