Residents are enchanted by Morar Carioca apartments in Comunidade do Aço

The first residents who received the keys to their apartments in the Morar Carioca program, in the Aço Community in Santa Cruz, were delighted with their new homes. Comprising a living room, kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms, laundry area and balcony (average of 50 square meters), the properties are delivered fully furnished.

The couple Carmelina and Dermeval Barbosa de Souza had the privilege of receiving the keys from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva along with Mayor Eduardo Paes. They could not hide their emotion.

– I am very happy to have this apartment with all the furniture inside. I would never have been able to afford a house like this, with everything of the highest quality. Now I will be able to retire with peace of mind, looking out over the little balcony – celebrated Carmelina.

On June 30, Rio de Janeiro City Hall inaugurated the first three apartment blocks of a total of 06 that are under construction. The first 44 families received the keys and documents for their homes. The other two blocks will be gradually delivered furnished to residents over the coming weeks.

In total, Morar Carioca da Comunidade do Aço comprises 704 residential units, which will benefit four thousand people with new housing. The project, which is being carried out by the Municipal Urbanization Company (Rio-Urbe), also includes the complete redevelopment and implementation of public services in an area of ​​195 thousand square meters in the poorest part of the city, the West Zone, where the population has lived in precarious housing conditions for over 50 years.

Fernanda Messias Pinto couldn't hide her excitement when she entered her apartment for the first time. Together with her husband Renato Mattos da Silva and their four children, she began making plans for the future.

– I am very excited and happy, now my children will have a decent place to live. Look where we used to live (she pointed out the window), there was a very dirty alley. My daughters even got sick because they came into contact with the dirty water – said the resident, with tears in her eyes.

Of the 44 blocks, 14 have already been built and are in various stages of completion. The forecast is to deliver 18 blocks by the end of this year. All of them have four floors and four apartments per floor, totaling 16 units per block, with fully accessible apartments on the ground floor.

As soon as she entered her new apartment, Mrs. Dulcilene de Moura Nunes immediately made a video call to tell her granddaughter the news.

– We lived in very bad conditions, I didn’t even feel like inviting anyone to come over to my house. Now I’m very happy, I’ll be able to bring my granddaughter to play here.

Construction work on Morar Carioca, which began in 2023, is progressing at a rapid pace: in addition to the new housing, improvements are also being made to Rua São Gomário, which will be redeveloped along 1,1 meters, up to the intersection with Avenida Cesário de Melo. There are 70 square meters of paved roads, 2,2 km of cycle paths, 720 new public lighting points, nine kilometers of sewage and pumping stations, 10 kilometers of water supply networks, and a reservoir with 3,3 million liters.

In addition to a leisure area of ​​28 thousand square meters with squares, playgrounds, courts, skate park, stage, Rio de Janeiro gym, common areas, gardens, among other facilities, will also be delivered by the City Hall.

 

About the Morar Carioca program

The Morar Carioca Program, run by the Municipal Housing Department, includes interventions in 22 communities, benefiting more than 20 homes and impacting the lives of more than 80 residents of Areas of Special Social Interest (AEIS) in the city. The total investment is R$500 million, of which R$450 million will go to integrated urbanization projects and R$50 million will go to land regularization actions. The projects are based on five pillars: urban infrastructure, road connectivity, public lighting, garbage collection, and leisure and landscaping.

In addition to the Steel Community, Morar Carioca has already reached the Chapéu Mangueira hill, in Leme; in Costa Barros, in the Nova Cidade Park (Acari), in Vila Cruzeiro and Cariri, in the North Zone; the Garças Condominium and Caminho Feliz, in Bangu; Santa Maura, on the Ladeira da Encontro, in Jacarepaguá; Parque Nobre, in Camorim; Largo do Corrêa, Murundu, Parque Real and Pousada dos Cavalheiros, in the West Zone.

The Housing Department will also issue more than 40 new property titles, in the largest investment in land regularization actions in the history of the city of Rio.

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1 July 2024

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