Rentals news in Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Encampment

The parties today most committed to transforming the housing crisis into an indictment of the present had the opportunity to stop it in the past; instead, they gave up.

With rents at a maximum, Government wants to accelerate evictions

JN reveals data showing that rents have reached record values, with prices now exceeding €10 per square metre. Correio da Manhã highlights gaps in the Public Prosecutor's indictment regarding the case of the Luso-Brazilian twins.

Ordinance regulating the affordable rent scheme to be published "in the coming days"

The new scheme came into force on September 1st but remains unregulated, which is essential for its implementation.

Patuá is closing, and it is a shame. The capital's last Macanese restaurant will be missed

This week, Ricardo Felner visited the Patuá restaurant, one of the pillars of Macanese cuisine in Lisbon. Unfortunately, Patuá will close in September due to the unsustainable increase in rents in Lisbon.

Brussels admits that local accommodation worsens housing crisis and points to Lisbon: rents rose 103%

The European Commission acknowledges that short-term holiday rentals are contributing to the housing crisis, specifically highlighting Lisbon, where rental prices have increased by 103%.

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We went looking for student accommodation in Lisbon. Rooms with a window only for over 500 euros

During our search, we also found a landlord asking for 700 euros for a room without the right to a receipt.

Rents. Higher education increases prices in Lisbon and Porto

With 50,000 candidates entering higher education - many of whom will move to Lisbon - average rents in the capital have increased by about 10%. In Porto, the price has increased by 20 euros.

Rents in Lisbon and Porto more expensive following higher education placements

Average rents in the capital increased by about 10%, now hovering around 550 euros, while in Porto they are around 450 euros.

100,000 beds missing for displaced students

Only 12% of the 227,000 displaced and international students have access to student residences. Rents in Lisbon reach 93% of the minimum wage.

“Injustice” of frozen rents accounts for 16% of the housing market

The unfreezing of old rents and easier eviction processes for non-payment in the rental market are measures “very important to restore confidence to landlords” and allow more properties to enter the housing market, argues the president of the Lisbon Landlords Association (ALP). According to Luís Menezes Leitão, frozen rents account for...

Rents fall in Porto and slow down in Lisbon

The rental market in Lisbon and Porto is showing signs of a sharp slowdown in prices, according to data from Confidencial Imobiliário.

Habita! launches Lisbon's first Residents' Union

The first Residents' Union in Lisbon will be presented to the public this Friday, an initiative by the association Habita! aimed at representing people living in spaces they do not own and could be evicted from at any time. Inspired by Spanish housing unions, the group seeks to include not only formal tenants but also those in informal housing, squatters, and those without rental contracts. The union aims to challenge the narrative of 'small landlords' by highlighting that many properties are owned by large-scale landlords profiting from the housing crisis, where rent-to-income ratios in Lisbon are reaching 80%. The union is currently organizing building-by-building resistance strategies and collaborating with similar groups in Porto.

The door of those who stay

Where the pressure is at its peak, in Lisbon and Porto, where rent devours entire salaries and the tenant is the perfect portrait of the furious voter that theory imagined, no left-wing anger was born.

Lisbon Ranked Europe’s Least Affordable City for Renting

Supply of rental properties grows 23% despite uncertainty in the housing sector

Lisbon and Porto continue to lead the supply, accounting for about two-thirds of the total, both with growth in the order of 25%