*** BACKGROUND *** The Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life) campaign was announced by the Federal Government in March 2009 as one of the means of reducing the inequality gap and housing deficit in Brazil (of over 10 million houses). With an initial governmental investment of over $64 BRL billion, 1 million houses are planned to be built and allocated to families on a means tested basis: – Households with a total income of up to 3 times the minimum wage (currently at $465 BRL per month) can access the full allowance without any insurance and notary registration costs to pay; – Households with a total income between 3 and 6 times the minimum wage can gain income supplements for loans; a discount on the cost of insurance; a 90% reduction of the notary registration cost and access to the ‘guaranteed’ fund (which will cover in the case of unemployment, death or other specified circumstances); – Households with a total income of between 6 and 10 the minimum wage can receive lower costs of insurance, an 80% reduction of the notary registration cost and access to the ‘guaranteed’ fund. *** ADMINISTRATION *** Under the program (administered and governed by the Caixa Econ�mica Federal), households are able to purchase a house with a close to zero interest rate and refinance it over 36 months.

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If the hole in your pocket is growing larger and the debt burden is mounting on you, it is time to go to a debt relief network. Credit counseling is just another instrument to streamline the debt and a pursuit to eliminate it as much as possible. The history of credit dates back to 1951 and has always been prevalent in the market; the recession however brought it to the limelight

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