| Summary: | The article analyzes the right to housing in rural areas of small cities in Pará, Brazil (Abaetetuba, Santa Izabel do Pará and Soure), considering the socioeconomic characteristics of the beneficiaries of the National Rural Housing Program (PNHR). It draws upon the historical dialectical materialism and relies on bibliographic, documentary, and field surveys, when the authors conducted interviews. Data suggests the access to the new house, the feeling of security, the inside bathroom, the presence health and education services are positive aspects of the PNHR. Moreover, the downsides are the lack of urban infrastructure, poor quality of house construction, and difficulties in affording the monthly fee. It concludes the PNHR disregards regional particularities as the need for large kitchen and patio compartments, in order to preserve the sociability of the Amazonian rural way of life.
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