More Housing Package

The Portuguese public blames real estate developers and sector companies in general for the country’s affordable housing crisis according to an survey conducted by the proptech Imobiliária [...]

The Portuguese government forced through its unpopular and controversial More Housing package in the parliament on Friday using its socialist party majority. It means that despite his grave [...]

A Portuguese hotel and hospitality association has again called on the Portuguese government to backtrack on changes and measures contained in its ‘More Housing’ programme that it says is [...]

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 President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has ruled out sending a controversial set of public housing policies that include coercive rental measures to the constitutional court to decide if [...]

Of the €240 million the Portuguese government has earmarked for rent subsidies for low income families and individuals, around 49% of the total or €118 million had already been allocated to 181 [...]

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 tax authorities are preparing a tax sweep on Local Accommodation properties nationwide, the timing of which, given the government ‘s ‘More Housing’ clampdown on [...]

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 [...]

The suspension of new Local Accommodation licenses in all areas of Portugal except the interior regions and islands has been passed by the Portuguese parliament. The original proposal presented [...]