The subject of this work is the political role of the Community Housing Agents, members of the Favela-bairro Program, Rio de Janeiro City. The goal of this study is to describe and to discuss the limits of these Agents actions, as a new form of popular participation, in the conception and implementation of public policies related to housing and urban planning. The concepts used to build the subject are: public policies; identity and territory. The field work was done with the Community Housing Agents of Jardim Moriçaba, a county located at the west area of the city of Rio de Janeiro, particularly at the Senador Vasconcelos sector. The study indicates that the activity of these Agents did not count on an extended legitimacy and acceptance by the community to where they belong. By the other hand, the field work point out that it is unquestionable that the very existence of those Agents represents a step forward in the process of popular political participation in the conception, management and implementation of urban projects within slum areas.