Companhia Estadual de habitação Popular

What Companhia Estadual de habitação Popular does

Companhia Estadual de Habitação Popular (CEHAP) is a state-owned mixed-economy company (sociedade de economia mista) of the State of Paraíba, Brazil, constituted in 1965 under Lei Estadual Nº 3.328 and governed by Lei das Sociedades por Ações. It is the sole state entity authorized to implement federal housing programs — primarily Minha Casa Minha Vida (Faixa 1, Faixa 2/3, and Rural modalities) — and to issue legal property deeds in the state. CEHAP's core product portfolio includes: subsidized housing construction for families earning up to three minimum wages, the Programa Parceiros da Habitação (PPH) co-funding model with 31 active municipal partnerships, the Cidade Madura intersectoral elderly housing program (40-unit condominiums in 7+ cities), the REURB land regularization program, and rural/indigenous housing delivery.

The company's operations rely on a basic technology stack centered on the SISCEHAP online inscription system, a transparency portal, and an in-house IT integration that allows notary offices to verify CEHAP-issued deeds — described as an unprecedented national innovation. CEHAP coordinates with the Caixa Econômica Federal for federal financing, the Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Humano (SEDH) for social services integration, the Tribunal de Justiça da Paraíba (Corregedoria Geral de Justiça) for deed validation, and municipal governments for land provision and local execution. Social work methodology (pre-, during-, and post-delivery beneficiary follow-up, including professional training and entrepreneurship programs) is integrated into every project.

CEHAP's business model is non-commercial: revenues derive entirely from state budget appropriations, federal FAR/MCMV transfers, and municipal co-funding — there is no market-priced housing sales channel. Beneficiary families are selected through criteria-based inscription (income bracket, residency, lack of prior ownership) rather than commercial purchase. Cumulative state investments in documented programs include R$ 45.9M in Sousa, R$ 37.6M in Villa Bela, R$ 23.5M in Rio Tinto, and multi-million-real contributions to PPH projects. The company has received the Selo de Mérito em Habitação de Interesse Social for five consecutive years (2022–2026) and serves as a national reference model, with delegations from at least seven other Brazilian states visiting its programs.

Name

Companhia Estadual de habitação Popular

Legal name

Companhia Estadual de Habitação Popular

Website

https://cehap.pb.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CEHAP is the state-owned housing company of Paraíba, Brazil, founded in 1965, that builds subsidized Minha Casa Minha Vida housing, runs municipal partnership programs, delivers senior housing (Cidade Madura), and regularizes land titles for low-income families across the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public / Subsidized Housing

NAICS

Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

HOA / Condominium Association Management (BPAJAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Active Adult / Senior Community Association Management (BPAJAHAJ)

Keywords

• Social housing programs
• Affordable housing construction
• Land regularization services
• Minha Casa Minha Vida
• Subsidized housing development

Headquarters

HQ city

João Pessoa

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. State Government Housing Subsidies and Budget Allocations: CEHAP is a state-owned company (sociedade de economia mista) that operates through government budget allocations and state counterpart funding for housing programs. The state provides economic aid, project designs, technical assistance, construction supervision, and social follow-up. Revenues are derived from government fiscal appropriations rather than commercial sales.
2. Partnership Co-Funding (Programa Parceiros da Habitação): Partner entities (municipalities, NGOs, movements) contribute materials, labor, or financial transfers, and may provide land. This co-funding model supplements state and federal resources for housing construction.
3. Federal Program Revenue (Minha Casa Minha Vida): Federal government provides FAR (Fundo de Arrendamento Residencial) funding through the Minha Casa Minha Vida program. CEHAP acts as the implementing agent, channeling federal resources to construction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Companhia Estadual de Habitação Popular (CEHAP) is a state-owned housing company of Paraíba that constructs and delivers affordable residential units under federal Minha Casa Minha Vida programs and state initiatives, administers the Programa Parceiros da Habitação partnership scheme, provides specialized elderly housing under Cidade Madura, and executes large-scale land regularization (REURB) to issue property deeds to beneficiary families.

Product overview

Companhia Estadual de Habitação Popular (CEHAP) is a state housing company managing multiple social housing programs in partnership with federal and municipal governments. The core offerings include the Minha Casa Minha Vida program (Faixa 1 for very low-income families and Rural modality for rural populations), the Programa Parceiros da Habitação for municipal partnerships, the Cidade Madura program for elderly housing, and the Regularização Fundiária (REURB) program for land title regularization. CEHAP also operates the SisCEHAP internal registration system for citizen applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa Parceiros da Habitação (PPH): A state housing program that establishes partnerships between the Government of Paraíba and municipalities, housing movements, and public or private non-profit entities to construct housing units for low-income families.
• Cidade Madura
• Programa de Regularização Fundiária (Reurb)

Products and services

• Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida - Faixa 1
• Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida - Faixa 2/3 (Cidades)
• Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida - Rural
• Programa Parceiros da Habitação (PPH)
• Programa Cidade Madura
• Programa de Regularização Fundiária (REURB)

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 30,000 units regularized since 2019
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, major and core.

• Fundação Miguel Batista (FUMIB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026FUMIB partnered with CEHAP under PPH for construction of 40 houses in Coxixola, contributing R$ 400,000 of the R$ 2 million total investment. The foundation also participated in signing terms in Serra Branca for 49 additional units (R$ 490,000 contribution).
• Associação Brasileira de Cohabs e Agentes Públicos de Habitação (ABC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023ABC co-organizes the national housing forum with FNSHDU and awards the Selo de Mérito. CEHAP participates actively, hosting the 2023 Encontro Nacional sobre Regularização Fundiária in João Pessoa. ABC provides a national platform for CEHAP to showcase its programs and learn from peers.
• Fórum Nacional de Secretários de Habitação e Desenvolvimento Urbano (FNSHDU)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023FNSHDU co-organizes the national housing forum and the Selo de Mérito awards. CEHAP participates in national debates and shares its methodologies through FNSHDU platforms. The Forum's president (Jorge Lange) visited CEHAP's Cidade Madura program.
• Crea-PB (Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Agronomia da Paraíba)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023Crea-PB sponsored the 2023 Encontro Nacional sobre Regularização Fundiária organized by CEHAP, ABC, and FNSHDU.
• Famup (Federação das Associações de Municípios da Paraíba)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023Famup sponsored the 2023 Encontro Nacional sobre Regularização Fundiária organized by CEHAP, ABC, and FNSHDU.
• Anoreg (Associação dos Notários e Registradores do Estado da Paraíba)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023Anoreg sponsored the 2023 Encontro Nacional sobre Regularização Fundiária organized by CEHAP, ABC, and FNSHDU.
• Núcleo de Integração Rural (NIR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2022NIR partnered with CEHAP under PPH for construction of 30 houses in Mataraca, with total investment of R$ 1,215,845.54.
• Associação dos Notários e Registradores da Paraíba (ANOREG-PB)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022ANOREG-PB signed a cooperation protocol with CEHAP enabling notary offices to directly access CEHAP-issued property deeds for verification, preventing fraud. Also supports the collective cancellation of mortgage restrictions. The agreement was formalized with the Corregedoria Geral de Justiça do TJ-PB.
• Corregedoria Geral de Justiça do Tribunal de Justiça da Paraíba (CGJ-PB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022CGJ-PB validated the protocol enabling notary offices to access CEHAP deeds and authorized collective mortgage cancellation. Also validated the deed delivery process for Rio Tinto's desprivatization, allowing all deeds to be pre-registered in the notary office at no cost to beneficiaries.
• Construtora Rocha CavalcantemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 11 June 2022Partnership with Construtora Rocha Cavalcante under the Casa Verde e Amarela (Parcerias FGTS) program for construction of the Complexo Residencial Virgílio Trindade — 576 apartments across seven condominiums in Patos. This is the first Minha Casa Minha Vida partnership signed in the state under the new Casa Verde e Amarela modality.
• Companhia de Tecidos Rio Tinto (CTRT)coreOthers · 25 March 2022CEHAP implemented the historical desprivatization of Rio Tinto by expropriating 700+ properties from the former textile company CTRT under Decree 42.345. CEHAP acquired the properties and is issuing legal deeds to the former renters/occupants at no cost. Investment of R$ 23.5 million by the state.
• Caixa Econômica FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaixa Econômica Federal is the primary federal financing partner for Minha Casa Minha Vida housing programs. CEHAP coordinates with Caixa on project analysis, documentation review, financing processing, and beneficiary selection. Caixa also sponsors national housing events and participates in key delivery ceremonies. The partnership enables federal FAR (Fundo de Arrendamento Residencial) funding to flow to CEHAP-implemented projects.
• Municipal Governments of ParaíbacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor31 municipalities partner with CEHAP through the Programa Parceiros da Habitação (PPH), providing land, co-funding, materials, or labor. Municipalities assist with beneficiary identification and local coordination. CEHAP provides project design, construction supervision, social follow-up, and technical assistance.
• Housing Movements and Non-Profit EntitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe PPH program also partners with housing movements and non-profit entities that participate in co-funding and project co-implementation. These partners contribute resources and represent beneficiary communities.
• Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Humano (SEDH-PB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEHAP is linked to SEDH (since 2005) and collaborates with it on the intersectoral Cidade Madura program, providing elderly housing with social and health support services managed by SEDH.
• Companhia de Água e Esgotos da Paraíba (Cagepa)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCagepa signed a cooperation agreement with CEHAP to strengthen governance and joint service delivery. A workshop on best practices was conducted to improve coordination between water/sanitation infrastructure and housing development.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• COHAB-MG (Companhia de Habitação do Estado de Minas Gerais): State housing company of Minas Gerais. Directly comparable Cohab operating Minha Casa Minha Vida and state partnership programs at significantly larger scale, providing a reference point for upper-bound valuation of state housing entities.
• Agehab-MS (Agência de Habitação Popular de Mato Grosso do Sul): State housing agency of Mato Grosso do Sul. Directly comparable as a state-level housing entity executing MCMV selections, social housing delivery, and regularization in a smaller Brazilian state with similar rural/urban mix.
• COHAB-SP (Companhia Metropolitana de Habitação de São Paulo): State-level social housing company for São Paulo metropolitan region. Directly comparable as a Cohab-style state-owned entity that constructs and delivers affordable housing units through federal programs, with similar Minha Casa Minha Vida/FAR operational scope scaled to Brazil's largest state.
• Agehab-GO (Agência Goiana de Habitação): State housing agency of Goiás. Comparable state-level social housing organization operating MCMV and partnership programs in the Central-West region, with delegation visits to study CEHAP's REURB model.
• Cohapar (Companhia de Habitação do Paraná): State housing company of Paraná. Directly comparable as a peer state Cohab executing MCMV, PPH-equivalent partnerships, and land regularization programs in the South of Brazil. Has sent delegations to study CEHAP's Cidade Madura and REURB models.
• COHAB-Rio ( Companhia de Habitação do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): State housing entity of Rio de Janeiro. Comparable Cohab-style state organization that historically delivers MCMV and state-funded housing, though with more challenging urban context (favela regularization overlaps).

Broad incumbents

• Secretaria Nacional de Habitação (Ministério das Cidades): Federal body that designs and funds Minha Casa Minha Vida and PAC housing programs. As CEHAP's primary upstream funder and policy-maker, it sets the program framework within which CEHAP operates and depends on.
• Caixa Econômica Federal: Federal public bank that finances and operates Minha Casa Minha Vida nationally. CEHAP's core financing and program counterpart — Caixa processes MCMV financing, partners on selections, and channels FAR resources, functioning as the federal parent platform of CEHAP's residential operations.

Others

• Associação Brasileira de Cohabs e Agentes Públicos de Habitação (ABC): National trade association of state housing companies (Cohabs). CEHAP is an active member and award winner through ABC; the organization co-organizes the Selo de Mérito awards and Fórum Nacional de Habitação, providing peer-network context.

Emerging players

• Construtora Rocha Cavalcante: Private construction firm partnering with CEHAP under the Casa Verde e Amarela Parcerias FGTS modality. Comparable as a private-sector partner builder working within CEHAP's program framework, illustrating private-public interaction in the same market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookpt-br.facebook.com/cehapgovpb
• Instagraminstagram.com/cehap.pb
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cehap

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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