First of 51 families receives renovated home
First renovated dwelling in the Mata Velha social housing estate in an intervention that will benefit 51 households. Five more houses will be handed over later this week and early next week.
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First renovated dwelling in the Mata Velha social housing estate in an intervention that will benefit 51 households. Five more houses will be handed over later this week and early next week.

According to the INE, financial cost is the reason most cited by families for not carrying out necessary renovations on their homes.

The European Commission aims, in the new European Union (EU) plan for affordable housing, to focus on the renovation of buildings, particularly vacant ones, and to put an end to the 'boom' in local accommodation and real estate speculation to address the housing crisis.