They also may not be an employee or be married to an employee of any federal bank - The family must also have no more than three minimum wages and the applicant must have a minimum age of 18.

published by the Agência de Desenvolvimento Habitacional - adh, a complete description of the program minha casa minha vida can be accessed on this link.

published by the Secretaria Municipal de Urbanismo Instituto Municipal de Urbanismo Pereira Passos, the study O efeito da presença governamental sobre a expansão horizontal das favelas do Rio de Janeiro: os Pouso's e o Programa Favela-Bairro  (The effect of government presence on the horizontal expansion of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro: the Pouso's and the Favela-Bairro Program) by Adriana Vial and Fernando Cavallieri analyzes the changes in the growth of favelas in metropolitan rio de janeiro, with attention to the favelas that were benefitted by the favela-bairro program and by post-urbanization programs such as the 'pousos,' local offices for social and urban and social guidance.