Senate approves recreation of Minha Casa Minha Vida

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Text that recreates Minha Casa, Minha Vida was approved in the Chamber and now goes to sanction

Brasilia DF) – The provisional measure (MP) that relaunches the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program, edited by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), was approved by the plenary of the Federal Senate this Tuesday (13). The text had been approved by the Chamber of Deputies last Wednesday (7) and is now being sanctioned.

The report sent by the Chamber was prepared by Deputy Marangoni (União Brasil-SP). Among the amendments approved by the deputies was the permission to use resources from the Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS) for projects related to Urban Land Regularization (Reurb), which includes public lighting, basic sanitation, public roads and water drainage. rainwater.

The text of the MP expired on Wednesday (14).

Created in 2009, the program was extinguished in 2020, during the administration of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). The former president replaced the action with the Casa Verde e Amarela program.

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Minha Casa, Minha Vida provides housing assistance to low-income families. According to the approved text, there will be three income ranges for beneficiaries, ranging up to R$ 8,000 per month. In urban areas, bracket 1 is for families with a gross monthly household income of up to R$2,640; range 2 goes up to R$ 4.4 thousand; and range 3 up to R$ 8 thousand.

The mixed commission that approved the text of the MP was chaired by Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM). He presented a proposal to the opinion that includes women victims of domestic or family violence among the segments prioritized by Minha Casa, Minha Vida. In addition, Braga proposed the inclusion of residents of risk areas and people who lost homes due to natural disasters in the list of priorities. The suggestions were accepted by the rapporteur.

*With information from Metrópoles

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