This study focuses on the housing by self-management, which is understood as the housing
supply model where individuals associated with cooperatives, associations or non-profit
entities are responsible for controlling and managing of all the stages of housing production.
The housing by self-management aims not only the production of housing, but also the
strengthening of the ideals of equality, freedom, cooperation, autonomy and participation both
in productive and decision-making processes. The aim of this study is to understand the
process of hiring housing enterprises by “Minha Casa, Minha Vida - Entidades (PMCMV-E)”
program in Belém-PA, between 2009 and 2017, taking as its guideline the effectiveness of
housing by self-management. The PMCMV-E is the modality of the “Minha Casa, Minha
Vida” program designed to organized families in an associative way, which are represented by
an Organizing Entity and whose monthly income is up to R$ 1,800.00. In addition to literature
review and documentary research, an exploratory case study was conducted, whose study
units were the Organizing Entities (OEs) enable to participate in PMCMV-E. Therefore, there
were semi-structured interviews were conducting with leaders from the national housing
social movements acting in Belém-PA, plus leaders of OE qualified to participate in the
program. The results were analyzed in order to identify the mainly elements that influence in
the success or failure of hiring housing enterprises by PMCMV-E, according the following
axes: (1) access to land; (2) bureaucracy; (4) technical-administrative capacity and internal
policy of the OEs; (5) technical and social advice; and (6) self-management. The research
revealed that the same obstacles that the PMCMV-E faces in the national scenario are
replicated in Belém-PA. The design of the program, the land issues, bureaucratic obstacles
and the technical-administrative capacity of the OE are the main demotivators of the practice
between the OE and the social movements analyzed. Finally, strategies were proposed to
mitigate these obstacles, such as the creation of a network of organizing entities; the
formation of partnerships between public and private institutions; and changes in the type of
housing provision project submitted to program selection
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