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Article

A SWOT Analysis of AWH Project Implementation in the Brazilian Amazon as Perceived by Affordable Housing Stakeholders

by
Maria de Fátima de Brito Lima
1,*,
Álvaro Nogueira de Souza
1,
Divino Eterno Teixeira
2,
Hallefy Junio de Souza
1,
Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi
1,
Éder Pereira Miguel
1,
Luís Antônio Coimbra Borges
3 and
Márcio Lopes da Silva
4
1
Forestry Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil
2
Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), Brasilia 70918-900, Brazil
3
Forestry Science Department, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras 37200-900, Brazil
4
Forestry Engineering Department, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Vicosa 36570-900, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2023, 14(3), 594; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030594
Submission received: 26 November 2022 / Revised: 20 December 2022 / Accepted: 5 January 2023 / Published: 17 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
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Abstract

In Brazil, affordable housing programs aimed at low-income populations reach a limited number of people. In the northern region, conventional bricklaying is the preferred method of building affordable single-family houses, which are essentially sets of tiny houses on the outskirts of cities. Conventional bricklaying can damage the environment. This study, started in July 2019, aimed to understand the perception of using timber to build affordable houses by housing program stakeholders and determine why the beneficiaries of housing programs prefer brick houses to wooden houses in locations with building permits. We applied a SWOT analysis to a group of 60 individuals comprising government agents and wooden and brick house residents of cities located in the northern region of Brazil. Subsequently, we devised relevant strategies, validated by stakeholders involved in public policy, for the provision of wooden housing for low-income populations. We used R software to analyze the data, and the results showed that the beneficiaries of affordable housing programs were unaware of wooden architectural projects and their durability, despite the regional abundance of wood and its environmental benefits. We suggest using strategies based on the SWOT analysis and validated by a group of experts to include the Affordable Wooden Housing (AWH) Project in the National Rural Housing Program (PNHR) and Harvest Plan.
Keywords: public housing policy; affordable houses; Brazil northern region; wooden buildings public housing policy; affordable houses; Brazil northern region; wooden buildings
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Lima, M.d.F.d.B.; Souza, Á.N.d.; Teixeira, D.E.; Souza, H.J.d.; Matricardi, E.A.T.; Miguel, É.P.; Borges, L.A.C.; Silva, M.L.d. A SWOT Analysis of AWH Project Implementation in the Brazilian Amazon as Perceived by Affordable Housing Stakeholders. Forests 2023, 14, 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030594

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Lima MdFdB, Souza ÁNd, Teixeira DE, Souza HJd, Matricardi EAT, Miguel ÉP, Borges LAC, Silva MLd. A SWOT Analysis of AWH Project Implementation in the Brazilian Amazon as Perceived by Affordable Housing Stakeholders. Forests. 2023; 14(3):594. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030594

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Lima, Maria de Fátima de Brito, Álvaro Nogueira de Souza, Divino Eterno Teixeira, Hallefy Junio de Souza, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, Éder Pereira Miguel, Luís Antônio Coimbra Borges, and Márcio Lopes da Silva. 2023. "A SWOT Analysis of AWH Project Implementation in the Brazilian Amazon as Perceived by Affordable Housing Stakeholders" Forests 14, no. 3: 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030594

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Lima, M. d. F. d. B., Souza, Á. N. d., Teixeira, D. E., Souza, H. J. d., Matricardi, E. A. T., Miguel, É. P., Borges, L. A. C., & Silva, M. L. d. (2023). A SWOT Analysis of AWH Project Implementation in the Brazilian Amazon as Perceived by Affordable Housing Stakeholders. Forests, 14(3), 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030594

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