Lisbon mayor proposes buying flats from owners to raise council supply
Carlos Moedas has been fierce critic of government’s proposal to coercively lease properties The Mayor of Lisbon is proposing to buy houses from private individuals so that the city can
Facebook group denounces thousands of empty properties owned by State
With the government’s more radical plans to fix the housing crisis sending its popularity to new depths, a Facebook group has now formed ‘denouncing all the empty properties owned by
Housing policy furore: government’s 16-point plan roundly attacked
Investors, property sector lead uproar Flanked by his 34-year-old housing minister, Marina Gonçalves, and his ‘right hand’, finance minister Fernando Medina, António Costa held a press conference last Thursday evening
Government’s housing blueprint “without wings to fly”
Criticism from those with even no axes to grind amplifies The uproar unleashed by the government’s ‘Mais Habitação’ (More Housing) proposals comes from across the board – not simply from
The key trends behind Britons’ plans to move to Portugal
56.08% of people interested in Greater Lisbon, while 54.04% tempted by Algarve New figures released by the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK have revealed detailed insights into Britons’
Algarve tourism property owners push back against housing package
Say government measures will “castrate” holiday rentals sector The Algarve Association of Hotels and Tourism Developments (AHETA) has criticised the controversial draft measures unveiled by the Socialist government aimed at
Government’s plans to solve housing crisis “will work” – leader of metropolitan council
Will speed up PRR funds “to become real” Leader of the Lisbon Metropolitan Council, Carla Tavares, has today defended the measures announced by the Socialist Party government to respond to
Lisbon tenants give government’s new housing policies thumbs up
Only fear they won’t be enacted quickly enough With an ‘outcry’ of opposition to the government’s housing policies announced early yesterday evening, one might ask “is anyone happy with the
Lisbon mayor condemns “State centralism” over housing decisions
Claims local authorities were not consulted Lisbon’s PSD (social democrat) mayor Carlos Moedas has also come out in condemnation of the Socialist government’s housing announcements yesterday. On the sidelines of
Housing package “an attack on private property” – investor group
APPII criticises government plan for “removing confidence from investors” APPII, the Portuguese Association of Property Developers and Investors, has dubbed the government’s leasehold proposal – revealed in a package last