Lack of adaptability in Brazilian social housing: impacts on residents

Brazilian social housing is used to address the country’s deficit through government programs with massive production of standardised affordable housing. This non-systemic approach shown neglect residents’ changing needs over time and results in inflexible relation environmental, constructive, issues. The use inappropriate spatial patterns fails account for current socioeconomic realities. Quantitative/qualitative methods involving residents (n = 162) two case studies are assess resilience costs implications arising from a lack adaptability identified. An ‘impact assessment’ tool employed document shocks tensions experienced by along negative effects on house its occupants. These impacts increase vulnerability families hinder their adaptive capacity. identification major perceptions can be establish priorities action. Policy relevance Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) processes provide more systemic identifying resolving problems creating fit purpose. impact was developed help positive transformation. indicates how architects, urban planners, communities act mitigate solve users POE inform policies planning practices that residents. It also intended design information agents involved Brazil, notably designers users, order foster effective strategies promote resilient housing, especially scenarios intervention renovations during use. tools contribute fulfilling Habitat III’s New Urban Agenda United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 1, 10, 11).