TY - JOUR
T1 - From House to Home
T2 - Social Control and Emancipation in Portuguese Public Housing, 1926–76
AU - Mota, Nelson
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In From House to Home: Social Control and Emancipation in Portuguese Public Housing, 1926–76, Nelson Mota considers public housing policies in Portugal under the dictatorship that ruled there from 1926 to 1974 and during the two years that followed the democratic revolution of April 1974. He reviews key legislative initiatives and projects to show how the dictatorship's policies effectively commodified housing, exerted government control over the working class, and largely excluded the urban poor from the housing market. By contrast, programs developed under the postrevolutionary Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local, or SAAL, promoted self-help initiatives that aimed to improve housing conditions for Portugal's poorest citizens, thus securing their economic and social independence and their right to occupy urban space. During the “SAAL spring,” Mota concludes, building homes became more important than selling houses.
AB - In From House to Home: Social Control and Emancipation in Portuguese Public Housing, 1926–76, Nelson Mota considers public housing policies in Portugal under the dictatorship that ruled there from 1926 to 1974 and during the two years that followed the democratic revolution of April 1974. He reviews key legislative initiatives and projects to show how the dictatorship's policies effectively commodified housing, exerted government control over the working class, and largely excluded the urban poor from the housing market. By contrast, programs developed under the postrevolutionary Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local, or SAAL, promoted self-help initiatives that aimed to improve housing conditions for Portugal's poorest citizens, thus securing their economic and social independence and their right to occupy urban space. During the “SAAL spring,” Mota concludes, building homes became more important than selling houses.
KW - Housing policy
KW - Architecture
KW - Portugal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073504311&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1525/jsah.2019.78.2.208
DO - 10.1525/jsah.2019.78.2.208
M3 - Article
SN - 0037-9808
VL - 78
SP - 208
EP - 226
JO - Society of Architectural Historians. Journal
JF - Society of Architectural Historians. Journal
IS - 2
ER -