Brazilian housing indicators: a comparative analysis of the 1995-2018 time series

Abstract

Since 1995, Brazil has published studies on housing deficit and housing inadequacy indicators based on the Demographic Census and on the National Household Sample Survey. This paper presents a historical research into these indicators, available in 13 publications, with the objective of identifying the conceptual and methodological changes that occurred throughout the 1995-2018 time series. The research focused on three aspects: the concepts involved; the methodology adopted to obtain the indicators; metrics and numerical results. The temporal correlation between the methodological changes, the conceptual changes and the public housing policies of the period reveals a panorama of housing needs and their consequences throughout this process, alerting to the impending changes in the Brazilian 2020 Census (which has been postponed).

housing needs; housing history; indicators; housing deficit; housing inadequacy