Housing

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% [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is amazing to consider that Lisbon, along with Athens and Rome, is one of three capital cities in Europe that have been continuously populated since antiquity. This fact was driven home while [...]

Almost a year after the ‘green light’ was given by Portuguese MPs, an Emergency Housing Fund remains unimplemented. The proposal to amend the State Budget for 2024 (OE2024) provides for the use [...]

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 [...]

The average price of family properties sold in Portugal rose by 6.6% in the second quarter, compared to the first three months of the year and the same period in 2023, concludes Portugal’s [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: ICPT Fernando Bento Portugal could solve its chronic housing problem if it had earmarked more funding from the Recovery and Resilience Fund and reached agreements with [...]

The government has authorised the Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Institute (IHRU) to invest €2.011Bn under its 1st Law — Support Program for Access to Housing, in order to help alleviate the [...]