ABSTRACT
This paper presents part of a doctoral study evaluating the Program for Integral Urbanization of Favelas, a housing policy instrument implemented between 2005 and 2016 in Osasco city, in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. This instrument is considered an important strategy to promote equity of land occupation, fulfil the social function of property and secure the right to the city for inhabitants (Lefebvre, 2001 apud Rubio, 2017b). We report the urbanization process of Colinas D’Oeste, the largest precarious settlement in Osasco and one of five favelas supported by the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC). The study entailed a qualitative evaluation of the public policy implemented using a methodology based on Dunn´s theory (2007). The data collected and analyzed helped identify the challenges, advances, and shortcomings of the instrument, and put forward recommendations for improving the policy´s scope and maintaining the interventions carried out in precarious settlements of Osasco.
