‘Mais Habitação’ draft laws to be presented to parliament this week
The process of passing some of the more controversial measures of the government’s ‘Mais Habitação’ programme has moved a few inches forwards: cabinet office minister Mariana Vieira da Silva has
Lisbon city council wants overcrowding in homes to be reported
Lisbon city council’s housing chief says there is a “very serious” problem of overcrowding in houses in the capital, but it is necessary to “work with evidence”, namely when there
Algarve leads race to register for ‘Alojamento Local’
“Strong restrictions” on regime have yet to come into effect Since the government announced “strong restrictions” on the Alojamento Local (AL short-term holiday letting) regime, homeowners have been falling over
Perfect housing storm: Government accused of politicising housing, without solving crisis
Government’s final policies ‘please no-one’; face “massive recourse to courts” Portugal’s absolute majority government presented its ‘final draft’ of the ‘Mais Habitação’ (More Housing) plan – devised to fix the
Portugal’s housing programme threatened by “massive recourse to courts”
Petition rapidly gaining traction accuses government of “strange prejudice against foreigners” A petition rapidly gathering signatures opens the spectre of a “massive recourse to the courts” over damages likely to
Lisbon mayor vows city won’t be adhering to government’s plan for ‘coercive leasing’
“Obviously this plan won’t work…” Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has said the city won’t be adhering to the government’s plan for the ‘coercive leasing’ of vacant habitable apartments in areas
Tens of thousands march in protest over Portugal’s ‘impossible’ housing crisis
Young and old describe agony of being unable to sustain a roof over their heads Saturday saw tens of thousands of desperate citizens take to the streets of six Portuguese
Protests over ‘right to housing’ scheduled for six cities
With practically no sector ‘happy’ with the government’s housing programme, citizens today are staging protests in Lisbon (Alameda), Porto (Batalha), Viseu (Praça da República), Aveiro (Praça Melo Freitas), Coimbra (Praça
Holiday rental sector protests against ‘More Housing’ plan
Ending Alojamento Local won’t solve the housing crisis, says Faro mayor Rogério Bacalhau Protests are being held today in Faro, Lisbon and Porto against the government’s proposed changes to the
Final version of housing programme to be presented today
Press conference to take place at around 4.30pm The Portuguese government will present the final version of its controversial ‘Mais Habitação’ (More Housing) programme this afternoon. Reports SIC, the presentation