Catarina Martins says she is shocked by housing package and would veto the bill
The bill was approved on Friday. Catarina Martins challenges the other candidates to state their positions.
Housing package approved in principle by PSD, CDS-PP and IL, with Chega abstaining
Two proposals involving legislative authorisations are at stake.
"The housing package lacks financial instruments to enable companies"
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.
Housing package to be debated and voted on in Parliament on 9 January
The housing package will be discussed and put to a vote in the national parliament on 9 January.
Housing. VAT settlement by the developer involves "risk" that must be "weighed"
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 ...
