Brazil project 512-0134 · 1966

MAY 1966 INITIAL AUDIT OF AID CONTRIBUTION TO PERNAMBUCO HOUSING PROJ, RECIFE, BRAZIL, COVERS PERIOD FROM INCEPTION THROUGH 12/31/65. USAID/B CONTRIBUTED 200 MILLION CRUZEIROS FROM PL 480, TITLE I, CRUZEIRO GRANT FUNDS, IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, TO THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 700 HOUSING UNITS IN THE ALTO DO JORDAO & IBURA DISTRICTS. THE HOUSES WERE TO BE SOLD TO SKILLED LABOR & LOW-SALARIED OFFICE WORKERS WITH PROCEEDS USED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. PROJ WAS DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT EFFORTS OF THE STATE HOUSING AGENCY (SSCM) TO DEAL WITH INCREASINGLY ACUTE URBAN CONGESTION. AUDITORS EXAMINED PERTINENT RECORDS & DOCUMENTS,MET WITH OFFICIALS,AND MADE A FIELD TRIP TO THE HOUSING AREA,INTERVIEWING 40 NEW-HOME OWNERS. A TOTAL OF 690 HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED INITIALLY WITH 44 BUILT SUBSEQUENTLY FROM SALE PROCEEDS. AUDITORS FOUND THE HOUSES GENERALLY ATTRACTIVE AND WELL CONSTRUCTED,THOUGH SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT CRACKS IN WALLS WERE NOTED. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFICIENCIES WERE APPARENT,HOWEVER: ERODED DIRT STREETS,THE LACK OF ADEQUATE COMMERCIAL & COMMUNITY FACILITIES,AND PROTRACTED DELAY IN THE INSTALLATION OF A WA

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAQ-627 (1966). The source's own text.