Latest news and stories about housing package in Portugal for expats and residents.
The recent approval of the housing package has garnered support from the PSD, CDS-PP, and IL parties, focusing on two key proposals that involve legislative authorisations aimed at addressing housing issues.
The executive director of AM48 — a property developer managing over €220m in assets — says the housing package has been well received by the sector but warns that there are insufficient financial instruments to enable companies to deliver the programme. She welcomes the government's policy direction but highlights a gap in project financing that could limit implementation and investment. Without targeted credit lines, risk-sharing mechanisms or incentives for private developers, market momentum may stall despite positive policy measures. Strengthening specific financing tools and public–private cooperation is needed to translate the package into completed housing projects.
The Prime Minister believes there is a “great correspondence” between the call for structural reforms made by former President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva and the measures just announced for the energy sector and within the scope of the housing package. At the end of the Council of Ministers meeting, Luís Montenegro states...
The bill was approved on Friday. Catarina Martins challenges the other candidates to state their positions.
Two proposals involving legislative authorisations are at stake.
The housing package will be discussed and put to a vote in the national parliament on 9 January.
The Portuguese Association of Property Developers and Real Estate Investors (APPII) believes that assigning the “responsibility” of VAT settlement to the developer “entails an additional level of bureaucracy and risk that must be carefully considered” in the government's housing package, according to CEO Manuel Maria Gonçalves. In the proposals sent to parliament by the government for ...
