Trabalho social e política habitacional: entre concepções e discursos

Abstract

This research analyzes the conception of social service proposed by the Ministry of Cities and implemented by the Housing Company of the State of Pará. The Social Service has historically elements that are reissued and assume new contours. From the creation of the Ministry of Cities in 2003, began a new period of the policies of Urban Development in Brazil. However, only in 2007 with The Growth Acceleration Program, which expand the investments in urban policy. The Social service is a constituent required in the provision of housing interventions and interventions precarious housing. In the State of Pará, the public institution responsible for implementations of urban policy is the Housing Company of the State of Pará. The construction of this research is guided by critical social theory, that allows us to understand the multiple determinations of phenomena that govern the subject in question. This work was conducted based on bibliographic, research documents and field research, including interviews with social workers who work on projects of Social Service of the Housing Company of the State of Pará. It was perceived that the state discourse about the conception of social servece is interlaced by previously defined categories. Thus, it was understood that the Housing Company of the State of Pará aligns with the discourse of the Ministry of Cities and public institution that give direction to the implementation of Social Work in the projects of urban intervention of the federal government. It was identified the government discourse through the documents, distance education courses for professionals involved with social service, and in the statements of the interviews, the alignment in the direction given to Social Service, which has as objective "leadership, participation and involvement of citizens that was benefited by the government projects to achieve citizenship and sustainability of the Project”. Some social workers affirm that seeking to strategies to guarantee social rights, but they feel disadvantaged by the guidelines of the Caixa Econômica Federal and the Ministry of Cities. Thus, the categories that give meaning to the concept of Social Service are emptied of meaning and manipulated through specific actions and welfare that are insufficient for access to full citizenship and to have access to adequate housing. It is in this context of contradictions and conflicts that is inserted Social Service proposed by the Ministry of Cities and implemented by the Housing Company of the State of Pará.