Government seeks answers for Portugal’s housing crisis from European Commission
Critics say move shows government’s “enormous failure” In a letter sent by Portugal to European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen, the government has asked for housing to be considered one
Rent of rooms for students rises 10.5% in year
Another sign of Portugal’s housing crisis in full swing The average price of rooms and flats for students to rent has risen by 10.5% in the last year, to well
Government accused of arrogance over housing reforms
Portugal’s Socialist government vows to push through housing reforms in spite of presidential veto When PS Socialists were voted back to power in 2019 with an absolute majority, prime minister
PM accused of misusing notion of ‘urgency’ to plough on with housing diploma
PM “defying president, society, young people, those in need”, says Opposition leader As it has become clear that PS Socialists have no intention of changing their unpopular housing diploma, in
First reactions to President’s refusal to accept government housing programme
PSD leader says government should “tear it up and start again” Early reactions to President Marcelo’s refusal to green-light the government’s bitterly contested programme to ‘fix’ the housing crisis have
Marcelo refuses to green light government’s controversial ‘housing programme’
Says “it is not easy to see” how it will help struggling citizens “quickly and effectively” President Marcelo has delivered his long-awaited decision on the PS Socialist government’s blueprint to
Marcelo takes ‘Mais Habitação’ programme on holiday
President Marcelo has told State broadcaster RTP that he will be taking the government’s much-criticised ‘Mais Habitação’ housing programme on holiday with him (to the Algarve), so that he can
Lack of houses affecting roll-out of Recovery and Resilience Plan
The national lack of affordable housing is being given today, by Público, as one of the reasons holding up the roll-out of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. The paper cites
‘More Housing’ programme approved in Parliament
Holiday rental sector one of most affected; golden visas set to continue but excludes property investment To no one’s surprise, the government’s ‘Mais Habitação’ (More Housing) programme was approved
Portugal’s housing crisis “seeing more and more requests to transform garages into accommodation”
Expresso today leads on the country’s housing crisis, and how architects offices are receiving more and more requests from people to transfer garages into homes. These garages have been purchased