Olhão uses ‘bazooka’ funding to renovate public housing
€1.3 million in EU funding being used to renovate public housing in Olhão Olhão Municipal Council is renovating two public housing neighbourhoods – Horta da Cavalinha and Horta Dr. Pádua
Parliament in critical housing policy votes
Parliament is due to vote today on the new government’s proposals to scrap the majority of housing policies brought in under PS Socialists’ controversial ‘Mais Habitação’ regime. The arguments underpinning
Build, build, build – Portugal against clock to build 45,000 new homes per year
Vital European funding to tackle housing crisis “must be spent by 2026” With the dust settling on the new government’s ‘declaration of intent’ (its four-year programme designed to answer some
600 houses to be built in Lagos
Municipal council invests €9.4 million to tackle “complex housing shortage” Lagos Council has unanimously approved the purchase of two large plots of land for €9.4 million in a bid to
Faro welcomes first affordable housing project
Sixty per cent of the project’s residents will be young people up to 35 years old, and 20% will be individuals with disabilities. Faro welcomes its first affordable housing project,
Portimão looking to buy 142 houses for public housing
The goal is to provide housing to “families living in inadequate conditions” Portimão is scanning the market for 142 houses to make available for public housing. Says the municipal council,
Housing in Portugal: government focuses on repealing “wrong measures” of last executive
Delivers hope on multiple levels – but does not outline how much it will all cost AD’s blueprint for the future of housing in Portugal is diverse (listed under five
Castro Marim to build and rehabilitate over 150 houses
Apartments will be built for affordable housing and existing homes will be maintained for families unable to access housing. The housing crisis in the Algarve and Castro Marim prompted the
Rents charged in new contracts ‘skyrocket’
Most expensive rents charged in Greater Lisbon, Setúbal, Madeira, Algarve and Porto The prices charged in new rental contracts “have not stopped increasing”. Latest data for the 4th quarter of
Calls for eviction increase by 17% in year marked by housing crisis
More than a third of requests came from Lisbon district In an electoral campaign marked by social failings in Portugal – particularly when it comes to access to affordable housing