Housing

After not raising any constitutional concerns over the Portuguese government’s controversial More Housing programme a week ago, Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has now vetoed the [...]

Portugal’s current urban housing crisis is not the first in its history but it is unique in that it has hit the middle class for the first time. But is it simply caused by speculation from Golden [...]

The Portuguese parliament has approved a controversial law which allows private properties which have been left standing empty two years or more, and show no active utilities contract in terms of [...]

Owners of private guest houses rented out to tourists as Local Accommodation have snubbed the government by refusing to long-lease their premises to local families. Most of those who own [...]

The International Monetary Fund has advised Portugal that financial policies should continue to concentrate on systemic risks which it says have increased because of more restrictive financial [...]

The parliamentary group of the ruling Partido Socialista (PS) has suggested that the Government should introduce “a tax sweetener incentive” to its controversial ‘More Housing’ package which aims [...]

Clearing a large part of planning licensing backlog piled up in municipal councils, setting clear rules on timeframes, certificating tacit deferrals, and streamlining and simplifying the hundreds [...]

‘The State of Portugal’s Real Estate Sector’ was the key theme for debate at this year’s Portugal Property Exhibition 2023. It was one of a round of debates organised by SIL Investment Pro [...]

The Portuguese Government failed to adequately consult local municipal councils when it designed its controversial More Housing package aimed at helping to solve Portugal’s chronic housing [...]

Portugal’s housing minister, Marina Gonçalves admitted this week that municipal rent subsidy programmes can co-exist with government initiatives in this area. Marina Gonçalves (pictured) says [...]