“Quem paga mora bem; quem não, morra morando ruim” : uma análise dos aspectos correlacionais entre capital e Estado no provimento de habitação de interesse social no município de São Cristóvão

Abstract

The research findings presented here contribute to the analysis of the contradictions within social housing policy in the context of the contemporary crisis of capitalism, specifically addressing the municipality of São Cristóvão/SE. Although housing is constitutionally established as a fundamental right, the logic of the contemporary capitalist system—whose accumulation bases rely on financial capital—has introduced the logic of financialization into the housing sector, turning housing into an asset. The study focuses on social housing in the municipality of São Cristóvão. The proposed objective was to analyze the limits and possibilities of social housing policy in ensuring the right to housing in São Cristóvão between 2005 and 2023. The methodological approach is exploratory, aiming to provide greater familiarity with the object of study. The procedures used were bibliographic and documentary research. The guiding method of analysis is historical-dialectical materialism, which considers the contradictions and conflicts inherent in class society, seeking to go beyond the immediacy of appearances to understand the processes that determine urbanization, the violation of the right to the city, and socio-spatial segregation in São Cristóvão, all within the totality of a global capitalist crisis. It is concluded that the municipality of São Cristóvão shows an insufficiency in social housing capable of meeting the needs of the working class. This has resulted in a segregated urban space, where a considerable portion of the working class has been forced to live in precarious settlements, highlighting the deprivation of the right to decent housing.