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The popular and ethical Minha Casa Minha Vida affordable housing programme initially launched in the North East of Brazil back in 2009 has now been expanded to most states in the country. This expansion can be attributed to the popularity of programme within the ranks of the government and the public as well as the contribution by construction giants such as the EcoHouse Group.


The city of Canoas is part of the wider Porto Alegre built-up area. It's in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. As its name suggests, this large municipality of about a third of a million people has maritime links and of course is in the southern coastal region of the country. Its precise location is at Lat 29.9 S., Long 51.2 W. Canoas is at the inland end of the Baia de Guaiba, an inlet of the South Atlantic Ocean which stretches over 100 Km into the country. Both Porto Alegre itself and of course Canoas are both on the eastern side of the bay. In terms of its distance from other centres in Brazil Arden Key Raiders Jersey , Canoas is 1,600 Km from Brasilia, 1,100 Km from Rio de Janiero and 2.300 from Salvador.


Although there has been a settlement of some sort there for well over two and a half centuries Brandon Parker Raiders Jersey , Canoas only became an official city in 1939, just before world war two. Many people do not realise, by the way, that Brazil fought in the war on the Allied side and her forces sustained many casualties in the Italian campaign.In the early years and centuries Johnny Townsend Raiders Jersey , the settlement of Canoas grew only slowly and it was still just