Housing crisis

Portugal is the country in the OECD where it is hardest to purchase a home the organization says. In fact, finding a home here is more difficult now than at any time since 1995 when OECD records [...]

Portugal’s Secretary of State for Housing, Patrícia Gonçalves Costa announced several new measures designed to tackle the country’s chronic housing shortage for the middle classes. Giving an [...]

The Portuguese government has again confirmed that it will slash VAT on the construction or refurbishment of properties for affordable housing to 6%. The confirmation was made by Portugal’s [...]

Portugal’s housing crisis continues to be challenging, particularly for those trying to get onto the housing ladder, as a recent study from estate agency Century 21 ‘Housing for Young People in [...]

The 18 municipalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area have the green light to build or refurbish 10,500 homes after the Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Institute (IHRU) validated more than 42% [...]

The Government has insisted that Portugal’s new land law will lower the price of new houses in metropolitan areas and district capitals by 20%, setting values below those recorded in the country [...]

Portugal’s Minister who represents territorial cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida says the government is to “increase the supply of land” to build affordable homes for Portugal’s middle classes. On [...]

A government bill which would have reduced VAT on construction projects for affordable housing to 6% has been rejected by the Portuguese parliament. The measure was part of other measures [...]

The Portuguese government announced this week that construction may be allowed on rural land providing municipal councils involved do not object. The decision announced by the Council of [...]

Portugal’s government has pledged to embark on a programme of building affordable housing for rent at controlled building costs. And so it was fitting and timely that the Secretary of State for [...]