Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Housing Demand, Tenure Choice, and Housing Policy in Brazil

  • Chapter
Urban Land Markets

Abstract

In Brazil, as in other Latin American countries, government housing policies have emphasized promoting homeownership in formal housing markets as the best way of satisfying the housing needs of the population, assigning a secondary status to renting.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Amis, P. (1984). Squatters or tenants: The commercialization of unauthorized housing in Nairobi. World Development, 12 (1), 87–96.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arimah, B. (1997). The determinants of housing tenure choice in Ibadan, Nigeria. Urban Studies, 34 (1), 105–124.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Birnbaum, H., & Weston, R. (1974). Homeownership and the wealth position of black and white Americans. Review of Income and Wealth, 20 (1), 103–114.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blackley, D., & Follain, J. R. (1983). Inflation, tax advantages to homeownership and the locational choices of households. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 13 (4), 505–516.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bonduki, N. (1998). Origens da habitação social no Brasil. Arquitetura moderna, lei do inquilinato e difusão da casa própria. São Paulo: Estação Liberdade, FAPESP.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bourassa, S. C. (1995). A model of housing tenure choice in Australia. Journal of Urban Economics, 37 (2), 161–175.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Coccato, M. (1996). Alternatives to home ownership: Rental and shared sub-markets in informal settlements. Master’s thesis, McGill University, Montreal.

    Google Scholar 

  • Coulomb, R. (1988). Rental housing and the dynamics of urban growth in Mexico City. In A. Gilbert (Ed.), Housing and land in urban Mexico (pp. 39–50). San Diego: Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies.

    Google Scholar 

  • Coulson, N. (1999). Why are Hispanic and Asian-American homeownership rates so low? Immigration and other factors. Journal of Urban Economics, 45 (2), 209–227.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Daniere, A. (1992). Determinants of tenure choice in the third world: An empirical study of Cairo and Manila. Journal of Housing Economics, 2 (2), 159–184.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Deaton, A. (1992). Understanding consumption. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • DiPasquale, D., & Glaeser, E. L. (1999). Incentives and social capital: Are homeowners better citizens? Journal of Urban Economics, 45. doi: 10.1006/juec.1998.2098.

    Google Scholar 

  • Di Salvo, P, & Ermisch, J. (1997). Analysis of the dynamics of housing tenure choice in Britain. Journal of Urban Economics, 42 (1), 1–17.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Draibe, S. M. (1994). As políticas sociais do regime militar. In: Soares, G. & D´Araujo, M. C. (orgs.). 25 Anos de Regime Militar. Rio de Janeiro: FGV.

    Google Scholar 

  • Durand-Lasserve, A. (1986). L’exclusion des pauvres dans les villes du Tiers-Mondes. Paris: L’Harmattan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Edwards, M. (1982). Cities of tenants: Renting among the urban poor in Latin America. In A. Gilbert, J. Hardoy, & R. Ramirez (Eds.), Urbanization in contemporary Latin America (pp. 128–158). Chichester, England: Wiley.

    Google Scholar 

  • Edwards, M. (1990). Rental housing and the urban poor: Africa and Latin America compared. In P. Amis & P. Lloyd (Eds.), Housing Africa’s urban poor (pp. 253–272). Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Elder, H. W., & Zumpano, L. V. (1991). Tenure choice, housing demand, and residential location. Journal of Real Estate Research, 6 (3), 341–356.

    Google Scholar 

  • Englund, P., Kim, K., Malpezzi, S., & Turner, B. (2005, August). Housing tenure across countries: The effects of regulations and institutions. Paper presented at the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association conference, Los Cabanas, Mexico.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ermisch, J. F., Findlay, J., & Gibb, K. (1996). The price elasticity of housing demand in Britain: Issues of sample selection. Journal of Housing Economics, 5 (1), 64–86.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Franses, P., & Paap, R. (2001). Qualitative models in marketing research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fu, Y. (1991). A model of housing tenure choice: Comment. American Economic Review, 81 (1), 381–383.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gibb, K. (2000). Modeling housing choice and demand in a social housing system: The case of Glasgow. Working Paper 1027. University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Business and Economic Research, Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert, A. (1983). The tenants of self-help housing: Choice and constraint in the housing markets of less developed countries. Development and Change, 14 (3), 449–477.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert, A. (1993). In search of a home: Rental housing in Latin America. London: UCL Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Goodman, A. C. (1988). An econometric model of housing price, permanent income, tenure choice and housing demand. Journal of Urban Economics, 23 (1), 327–353.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Green, R. K. (1998). Finding a home in a frontier city: The dynamics of housing tenure in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. PhD dissertation, University College London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Green, R. K. (2001). Home owning, social outcomes, tenure choice, and U.S. housing policy. Cityscape, 5 (2), 21–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Green, R., & White, M. (1997). Measuring the benefits of homeowning: Effects on children. Journal of Urban Economics, 41 (3), 441–461.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Grootaert, C., & Dubois, J. (1988). Tenancy choice and the demand for rental housing in the cities of the Ivory Coast. Journal of Urban Economics, 24 (1), 44–63.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hansen, E., & Justin, W. (1988). Economic issues and the progressive housing development model. In C. Patton (Ed.), Spontaneous shelter: International perspectives and prospects (pp. 303–325). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Haurin, D., Parcel, T., & Haurin, R. (2002). Does homeownership affect child outcomes? Real Estate Economics, 30 (4), 635–666.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Haurin, R. D., Hendershott, P. H., & Wachter, S. (1997). Borrowing constraints and the tenure choice of young households. Journal of Housing Research, 8 (2), 137–154.

    Google Scholar 

  • Henderson, J. V., & Ioannides, Y. M. (1983). A model of housing tenure choice. American Economic Review, 73 (1), 98–113.

    Google Scholar 

  • Henley, A. (1998). Residential mobility, housing equity and the labor market. Economic Journal, 108 (447), 414–427.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huang, Y., & Clark, W. (2002). Housing tenure choice in transitional urban China: A multilevel analysis. Urban Studies, 39 (1), 7–32.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ioannides, Y. M. (1987). Residential mobility and housing tenure choice. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 17 (2), 265–287.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Iwarere, L. J., & Williams, J. E. (1991). A micro-market analysis of tenure choice using the logit model. Journal of Real Estate Research, 6 (3), 327–339.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jacobs, M., & Savedoff, W. D. (1999). There’s more than one way to get a house: Housing strategies in Panama. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones, L. D. (1994). Testing the central prediction of housing tenure transition models. Journal of Urban Economics, 38 (1), 50–73.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kain, J., & Quigley, J. (1972). Housing market discrimination, home-ownership and savings behavior. American Economic Review, 62 (3), 263–277.

    Google Scholar 

  • King, G., & Zeng, L. (2001). Logistic regression in rare events data. Political Analysis, 9 (2), 137–163.

    Google Scholar 

  • King, M. A. (1980). An econometric model of tenure choice and demand for housing as a joint decision. Journal of Public Economics, 14 (2), 137–159.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koizumi, N., & McCann, P. (2006). Living on a plot of land as a tenure choice: The case of Panama. Journal of Housing Economics, 15 (4), 349–371.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li, M. M. (1977). A logit model of homeownership. Econometrica, 45 (5), 1081–1097.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lim, G. C. (1987). Housing policies for the urban poor in developing countries. Journal of the American Planning Association, 53 (2), 176–185.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Linneman, P., & Wachter, S. (1989). The impacts of borrowing constraints on homeownership. Journal of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association, 17 (14), 389–402.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Malpezzi, S., & Mayo, S. K. (1987). User cost and housing tenure in developing countries. Journal of Development Economics, 25 (1), 197–220.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maricato, E., Bonduki, N., & Tanaka, G. (2006). Quantificação, custo e regionalização do déficit habitacional brasileiro. Unpublished manuscript, University of São Paulo, School of Architecture.

    Google Scholar 

  • McDonald, J. F. (1974). Housing market discrimination, homeownership, and savings behavior: Comment. American Economic Review, 64 (1), 225–229.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mehta, M., & Mehta, D. (1989). Metropolitan housing market: A study of Ahmedabad. New Delhi: Sage.

    Google Scholar 

  • Miraftab, F. (1997). Revisiting informal sector homeownership: The relevance of household composition for housing options of the poor. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 21 (2), 303–322.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morais, M. P., Cruz, B. O., & Oliveira, C. W. (2003). Residential segregation and social exclusion in Brazilian housing markets. Texto para Discussão 951. Brasília: Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).

    Google Scholar 

  • Necochea, A. (1987). Los allegados: Una estrategia de supervivencia solidaria en vivienda. Medio Ambiente y Urbanización, Mercados de Tierra Urbana, 21, 70–79.

    Google Scholar 

  • Neri, M., Carvalho, A., & Nascimento, M. (2000). Ciclo de vida e motivações financeiras. Ensaios Econômicos da EPGE 393. Rio de Janeiro: Getulio Vargas Foundation, Graduate School of Economics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Painter, G., Gabriel, S., & Myers, D. (2001). Race, immigrant status, and housing tenure choice. Journal of Urban Economics, 49 (1), 150–167.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Payne, G. (1988). Informal housing and land subdivisions in third world cities: A review of the literature. Oxford: Centre for Development and Environmental Planning.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pianto, D. M. (2004). A literature review of tenure choice. Unpublished manuscript, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasília.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rakodi, C. (1992). Housing markets in third world cities: Research and policy into the 1990s. World Development, 20 (1), 39–52.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ribeiro, L. C. Q. (1997). Dos cortiços aos condomínios fechados: As formas de produção da moradia na Cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, IPPUR/UFRJ, FASE.

    Google Scholar 

  • Roistacher, E. A., & Goodman, J. L. (1976). Race and homeownership: Is discrimination disappearing? Economic Inquiry, 14 (1), 59–70.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosen, H. (1979). Housing decisions and the U.S. income tax: An econometric analysis. Journal of Public Economics, 11 (1), 1–23.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rothenberg, J., Galster, G., Butler, R., & Pitkin, J. (1992). The maze of urban housing markets: Theory, evidence, and policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sampaio, M. R. (1994). O papel da iniciativa privada na formação da periferia paulistana. Espaço e Debates, 37 (14), 19–33.

    Google Scholar 

  • Silva e Silva, M. O. (1989). Política habitacional: Verso e reverso. São Paulo: Cortez.

    Google Scholar 

  • Silveira, R., & Malpezzi, S. (1991). Costs and benefits of rent control in Rio de Janeiro. Infrastructure and Urban Development Department Discussion Paper 83. Washington, DC: World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Struyk, R., Hoffman, M., & Katsura, H. (Eds.). (1990). The market for shelter in Indonesian cities. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Turner, J. (1968). Housing priorities, settlement patterns and urban development in modernizing countries. Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 34 (6), 354–363.

    Google Scholar 

  • UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme). (2003). Improving the lives of 100 million slum dwellers: Guide to monitoring Target 11. Nairobi: Author.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Lindert, P., & Westen, A. (1991). Household shelter strategies in comparative perspective: Evidence from low-income groups in Bamako and La Paz. World Development, 19 (8), 1007–1028.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wadhva, K. (1988, August 20). Housing programs for the urban poor: Shifting priorities. Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 1762–1765.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wandeler, K., & Khanaiklang, A. (1992). Low-income rental and rent-free housing. In K. S. Yap (Ed.), Low-income housing in Bangkok: A review of some housing sub-markets (pp. 115–136). Bangkok: Asian Institute of Technology.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ward, P. (1982). Self help housing: A critique. London: Mansell.

    Google Scholar 

  • World Bank. (1993). Housing: Enabling markets to work. World Bank Policy Paper. Washington, DC: Author.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yap, K. S. (Ed.). (1992). Low-income housing in Bangkok: A review of some housing sub-markets. Bangkok: Asian Institute of Technology.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia, DF, Brazil

    Maria da Piedade Morais

Authors
  1. Maria da Piedade Morais
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Bruno de Oliveira Cruz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. World Bank, 1818 H Street NW., Washington DC, 20433, USA

    Somik V. Lall , Mila Freire , Robin Rajack  & Jean-Jacques Helluin , ,  & 

  2. School of Design & Environment, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive Singapore, 117566, Singapore

    Belinda Yuen

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2009 World Bank

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

da Piedade Morais, M., de Oliveira Cruz, B. (2009). Housing Demand, Tenure Choice, and Housing Policy in Brazil. In: Lall, S.V., Freire, M., Yuen, B., Rajack, R., Helluin, JJ. (eds) Urban Land Markets. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8862-9_10

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation