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The cancellation of short-term rental registrations due to a lack of insurance has triggered a reclassification of containment zones in Lisbon, shifting several neighborhoods between absolute and relative status.
The municipal council of Castro Marim has identified around 100 illegal homes across the borough, with 70% deemed impossible to legalise and set to be demolished. A survey carried out The post Around 70 illegal homes to be demolished in Castro Marim appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The mayor states that 95% of the occupations were carried out by people who “chose on their own initiative, and not due to a lack of alternatives,” the municipality of Castro Marim to install these dwellings.
Although it is an exception, the councillor responsible for urban planning operations admitted that there were “some instances where there was a deliberate attempt to deceive the City Council.”
Following its approval by the Council of Ministers last week, the legislative authorization proposal that will allow the Government to implement a new package of measures for the housing sector is about to be submitted to Parliament. Among the proposals is that construction or rehabilitation works of houses must...
