Agehab Goiás

What Agehab Goiás does

Agehab Goiás (AGEHAB - Agência Goiana de Habitação) is the official state housing agency of the State of Goiás, Brazil, headquartered in Goiânia. Founded in 1999 as the successor to the dissolved COHAB-GO, the agency operates under the Goiás state executive branch and is wholly government-funded with no private or institutional ownership. Its mandate is the design and execution of social housing policy for the state's low-income population, including women victims of domestic violence and individuals requiring land tenure regularization.

The agency's core offerings are consolidated under the Pra Ter Onde Morar (Have Somewhere to Live) umbrella and include: Aluguel Social, a subsidized social rental program; Casas a Custo Zero and Apê Custo Zero, programs that deliver free houses and apartments respectively to qualifying families; Aluguel Nunca Mais, a credit-partnership program that enables transition from renting to homeownership via subsidized construction financing with builder partners; and Escrituras, a land regularization and property-deed issuance service. Delivery is supported by two operational systems: SICAP, an enrollment portal for citizen registration and program applications, and Portal do Beneficiário, a self-service portal for existing beneficiaries. The agency reaches 167 municipalities through municipal government partnerships, with units allocated via public lotteries and direct allocations. Recent programmatic additions include 1,681 new zero-cost houses announced for delivery in June 2026, including first-time coverage of additional municipalities.

Agehab is not a commercial enterprise; it generates no product or service revenue. Funding flows from State of Goiás budget allocations and federal housing funds, with no disclosed financial figures in the available source material. The agency employs 185 staff, maintains governance and compliance structures aligned with state public administration standards (including LGPD data protection, Ouvidoria, and transparency portals), and operates without subsidiaries, M&A activity, or external capital raises. Its competitive position is structurally protected by statutory monopoly on state housing programs within Goiás.

Name

Agehab Goiás

Legal name

AGEHAB - Agência Goiana de Habitação

Website

https://agehab.go.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agehab Goiás is the State of Goiás, Brazil's official housing agency, delivering free and subsidized social housing (rental, zero-cost houses and apartments, homeownership credit, and land regularization) to low-income families and vulnerable groups across 167 municipalities, funded by state budget allocations.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Goiânia

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Housing Programs: Agehab operates as a state government housing agency providing social housing programs funded by public budgets. Programs include free housing units (Casas a Custo Zero), subsidized social rent (Aluguel Social), and zero-interest credit for housing construction (Aluguel Nunca Mais). Revenue is derived from state government allocations and federal housing funds rather than commercial revenue streams.

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Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agehab Goiás (Agência Goiana de Habitação) is the official state housing agency of Goiás, Brazil, delivering social housing programs to low-income families. Its offerings include free housing units (Casas a Custo Zero), subsidized social rental assistance (Aluguel Social), zero-cost urban apartments (Apê Custo Zero), subsidized homeownership credit through builder partnerships (Aluguel Nunca Mais), and land title regularization (Escrituras), all unified under the Pra Ter Onde Morar umbrella.

Product overview

Agehab Goiás operates a comprehensive housing assistance platform offering multiple interconnected programs: social rental assistance (Aluguel Social), free housing construction (Casas a Custo Zero and Apê Custo Zero), homeownership transition support (Aluguel Nunca Mais), and land title regularization (Escrituras). These programs are supported by self-service portals (Portal do Beneficiary and SICAP enrollment system) enabling citizens to apply, track applications, and manage their housing benefits through the government's integrated housing ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pra Ter Onde Morar: Overarching housing program umbrella covering multiple sub-programs including social rental, zero-cost houses, apartment zero-cost units, credit partnerships, and land regularization.
• Aluguel Social
• Casas a Custo Zero
• Apê Custo Zero
• Aluguel Nunca Mais
• Escrituras

Products and services

• Aluguel Social (Social Rent)

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached 167 municipalities with zero-cost housing program
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Municipalities of GoiáscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgehab partners with municipalities across Goiás state for the implementation of housing programs. Municipal governments assist with family selection, citizen registration support, and local housing delivery. Agehab provides capacity building and training to municipal officials for program implementation. The partnership enables reach to 167+ municipalities including first-time coverage for some municipalities with the zero-cost housing program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Caixa Econômica Federal: Brazilian federal public bank serving as the primary operator of federal housing programs (historically Minha Casa Minha Vida) and the largest housing finance provider in Brazil. Operates across all Brazilian states with broader scope and capitalization than Agehab's state-level programs.
• Singapore HDB (Housing & Development Board): National housing authority of Singapore integrating public housing construction, allocation, financing, and town management under a single statutory body. Conceptually analogous to Agehab as a government housing monopoly, but at national scale and with comprehensive urban planning scope.
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): U.S. federal cabinet department administering federal housing assistance programs (Section 8, public housing, HOME). Comparable to Agehab as a government housing authority but operating at federal scale across the United States with a much larger program portfolio and budget.

Direct peers

• COHAB-PR (Companhia de Habitação do Paraná): State housing agency of Paraná providing social housing programs including subsidized rental, free housing units, and property deed regularization. Mirrors Agehab's role in a neighboring Brazilian state with comparable program structure.
• COHAB-MG (Companhia de Habitação do Estado de Minas Gerais): State housing agency of Minas Gerais delivering free and subsidized housing units across municipalities with lottery-based allocation and land titling services. Direct structural peer to Agehab at the same state-government scale.
• COHAB-SP (Companhia Metropolitana de Habitação de São Paulo): Municipal-level São Paulo housing agency offering subsidized housing, lotteries, and property deed regularization to low-income families in the metropolitan region. Closest direct operational analog to Agehab given analogous program portfolio.
• COHAB Curitiba (Companhia de Habitação Popular de Curitiba): Municipal housing agency of Curitiba delivering subsidized housing, rent assistance, and land regularization to low-income families. Comparable model to Agehab but operating at municipal scale rather than state.
• CDHU (Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano de São Paulo): State-level São Paulo housing developer delivering subsidized and free housing units to low-income families, with land regularization and credit-based ownership programs. Operates the same integrated social housing model as Agehab, but at substantially larger state scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/PLIDQdlAHtoixAJqebcD2yMs-l9ot2clkY
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agehabgoias

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Investors

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M&A

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