Develops increases extra withdrawals from the fund, which already reach R$ 34 billion under Lula’s government
Extraordinary releases from the FGTS (Service Time Guarantee Fund) total up to R$154.3 billion since 2016, considering measures adopted by the governments (MDB), (PL) and (PT). The data was presented this Tuesday (June 16, 2026) during the 205th ordinary meeting of the FGTS Board of Trustees.
According to the presentation, extraordinary withdrawals carried out until 2022 totaled R$120 billion in nominal values, or R$168.9 billion corrected by the IPCA (Broad National Consumer Price Index) until April 2026.
The amount includes the release of inactive accounts in 2016, withdrawals of up to R$500 authorized in 2019, emergency withdrawals during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and extraordinary withdrawals of up to R$1,000 in 2022.
Under the current government, 3 other measures expanded the use of the fund. A authorized withdrawals of R$11.2 billion for laid-off workers who had joined the birthday withdrawal.
It then released another R$14.9 billion for the same group.
It already allows the use of FGTS as a guarantee for debt renegotiation at Desenrola Brasil. The limit for the fund’s participation in the modality is up to R$8.2 billion.
Added together, the Lula government’s 3 measures reach up to R$34.3 billion in nominal values, or up to R$34.7 billion corrected by the IPCA.
During the presentation, technicians from the Ministry of Labor stated that the releases were not universal and had specific public policy objectives.
The 2026 MP, for example, is part of the Desenrola Famílias line. The worker can use up to R$1,000 or 20% of the FGTS balance, whichever is higher, to pay off or renegotiate debts with qualified financial institutions.
The technicians also said that, in all extraordinary modalities, Caixa Econômica Federal, the fund’s operating agent, carried out studies to measure the impacts of withdrawals on the financial sustainability of the FGTS.
According to the presentation, the measures represent an accounting of the use of the fund in recent years, given the expansion of its use for purposes beyond housing financing, sanitation and infrastructure.
