Abstract The need of providing social housing for a growing urban population triggers government action in several countries. Considering that these initiatives can cause significant environmental and social impacts, the potential contribution of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to address such challenges is investigated. By reviewing the documents of the major Brazilian housing plan named “My House My Life” and building on the literature, a framework to mainstream environmental and social considerations is proposed. The potential outcomes of its application are outlined as recommendations for both housing planning and project development. The results show that SEA systematic, comprehensive and flexible approach can contribute to inform and influence decision-making about initiatives to reduce housing shortage by: (i) fostering sustainability-oriented related strategic actions, such as the promotion of clean energy and sustainable materials industries and the creation of corresponding jobs; (ii) identifying and assessing alternatives for achieving the strategic goal of providing affordable housing, defining an adequate mix of means to reduce shortage, such as social rent and incentives for using the existing stock, especially in inner cities, and; (iii) identifying risks to achieve the strategic goal, such as economic constraints for delivering social houses with sustainable materials and management of the land and housing stock.

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将环境问题纳入住房计划的主流：战略环境评估方法

摘要 为不断增长的城市人口提供社会住房的需求引发了一些国家的政府行动。考虑到这些举措可能会造成重大的环境和社会影响，因此对战略环境评估 (SEA) 对应对此类挑战的潜在贡献进行了调查。通过审查名为“我的房子我的生活”的巴西主要住房计划的文件并以文献为基础，提出了一个将环境和社会考虑因素纳入主流的框架。其应用的潜在结果被概述为对住房规划和项目开发的建议。结果表明，SEA 系统、全面和灵活的方法可以通过以下方式为减少住房短缺的举措提供信息和影响决策：(i) 促进以可持续发展为导向的相关战略行动，例如促进清洁能源和可持续材料产业并创造相应的就业机会；(ii) 确定和评估实现提供经济适用房的战略目标的替代方案，确定减少短缺的适当手段组合，例如社会租金和使用现有存量的激励措施，尤其是在市中心，以及；(iii) 确定实现战略目标的风险，例如提供具有可持续材料的社会住房以及土地和住房存量管理的经济限制。(ii) 确定和评估实现提供经济适用房的战略目标的替代方案，确定减少短缺的适当手段组合，例如社会租金和使用现有存量的激励措施，尤其是在市中心，以及；(iii) 确定实现战略目标的风险，例如提供具有可持续材料的社会住房以及土地和住房存量管理的经济限制。(ii) 确定和评估实现提供经济适用房的战略目标的替代方案，确定减少短缺的适当手段组合，例如社会租金和使用现有存量的激励措施，尤其是在市中心，以及；(iii) 确定实现战略目标的风险，例如提供具有可持续材料的社会住房以及土地和住房存量管理的经济限制。