RIGHT TO HOUSING IN GENERAL REPERCUSSION: THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SEIZURE OF GUARANTOR'S FAMILY PROPERTY OF SURETY IN COMMERCIAL LEASING CONTRACT IN THE BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JURISPRUDENCE/DIREITO A MORADIA EM REPERCUSSAO GERAL: A DISCUSSAO SOBRE A PENHORA DO BEM DE FAMILIA DO FIADOR EM CONTRATO LOCATICIO COMERCIAL NA JURISPRUDENCIA DO SUPREMO TRIBUNAL FEDERAL

Is it possible, according to the Constitution and procedural legislation, to establish limits for the seizure of family property in debt resulting from a surety granted in a lease contract? Traditionally, the Supreme Court has, over the years, successively affirmed and reinforced the predominance of thesis in favor of levies of execution upon residential family property of surety of commercial rent contract, to the detriment of the fundamental right to housing. This article intends to analyze empirically and qualitatively the collegiate decision handed down in Extraordinary Appeal No 1.307.334/SP, through a case study, with the purpose of understanding the reasons that influenced the decisionmaking process of the Supreme Court. In conclusion, it was identified that the Plenary analyzed the same subject again due to a distinction between the nature of the lease--residential x commercial which had not been the subject of discussion in classical jurisprudence, establishing a new understanding, however in non-binding precedent. In the most recent judgment, the understanding on the constitutionality of the seizure of the family property belonging to the guarantor of the lease agreement was reaffirmed, regardless of its nature (residential or commercial), notably because the infraconstitutional norm not only provides for the exceptionality of the property's unseizability in this case, as it also does not distinguish,for isonomy reasons,the guarantor is the residential contract, or commercial. KEYWORDS: Immunity from seizure of guarantor's family property, surety; commercial rent contract; decisionmaking process; Brazilian Supreme Court. E possivel, a luz da Constituicao e da legislacao processual, estabelecer limites para a penhora do bem de familia em divida decorrente de fianca concedida em contrato de locacao? Tradicionalmente, o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) tem, ao longo dos anos, reafirmado a predominancia da tese em favor da penhorabilidade de bem de familia de fiador em contrato de locacao em detrimento do direito fundamental a moradia. Este artigo pretende analisar empirica e qualitativamente a decisao colegiada proferida no Recurso Extraordinario No 1.307.334/SP, atraves de um estudo de caso, com o proposito de compreender os motivos que influenciaram no processo decisorio do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Em sede de conclusao, identificou-se que o Plenario voltou a analisar a mesma materia em razao de uma distincao entre a natureza da locacao--residencial