Latest news and stories about housing in Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
The Vila Nova de Gaia City Council has declined to join opposition councillors in a collective effort to lobby the Portuguese Environment Agency regarding the reduction of demolitions and the placement of a high-speed rail station.
An analytical overview of the property market in Porto, highlighting its leading position in local accommodation density.
The homes of the eight families were purchased by a real estate company, which revealed that these families would have to leave at the end of their contracts. The City Council handled the 'emergency situation'.
A couple bought all the houses on a street in Vila Nova de Gaia, forcing tenants to leave. The City Council handed over keys to new homes to eight families.
It was a passion for the social aspect of architecture that guided the work of André Camelo, who transformed a compromised building in Fontainhas, Porto, into collective, social, and “playful” housing.
More than 30 families in the Fernão de Magalhães social housing neighbourhood in Porto may have to pay thousands of euros for building renovation works, budgeted at over one million.
The decision was made at condominium meetings, where a municipal company holds the majority of the votes.
The potential buyer projected the image of a serious person, whose husband owned a diamond business.
A report from the CCDR-N reveals that the problem is not a lack of houses, but a misalignment between supply and demand — and market saturation in the Porto Metropolitan Area.
House prices will continue to rise, but a 10% drop in transactions is expected in 2026, predicts Joana Resende, founder of Century 21 Arquitectos. The forecast is based on the persistent imbalance in the Portuguese real estate market, where demand remains strong despite a lack of supply. While there are signs of a slowdown—with the absorption period for new builds increasing from two to five months—inflationary pressure remains acute in urban areas around Porto, particularly in Gondomar, where average house prices have soared by 144% over the last decade. Developers are increasingly looking to the outskirts of the Porto Metropolitan Area, attracting both national and foreign investment, notably from Israel and India. Century 21 Arquitectos reported four million euros in revenue last year and expects 20% growth for the current year, with plans to expand further in northern Portugal by 2027.
Porto's historic centre is approaching a “saturation point” and the city council wants to implement public policies to balance the territory. A working group will study a governance model for the area.
Socialist Party (PS) Secretary-General José Luís Carneiro criticised the Government for focusing on announcing policy packages rather than delivering results, noting that 25 such packages have been presented in two years without tangible improvements. During a visit to the Ramirez fish cannery, Carneiro challenged Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address critical issues such as housing, healthcare, wage growth, and the country's declining international competitiveness, while dismissing government attempts to blame the PS for ongoing challenges.
The Vila Nova de Gaia local council will rehouse 10 families who were notified to vacate their homes. The properties were sold to a company and the lease agreements have come to an end.
The 13 houses on the street were purchased and low-income tenants were at risk of becoming homeless. The local authority does not rule out filing an injunction to gain room for manoeuvre.
With the first contracts ending on June 30th and no alternatives, low-income residents returned to the executive meeting after a month without answers from the local authority.
Porto City Council members have approved the seventh amendment to the contract for the Bairro do Aleixo land. 16 years later, Pedro Duarte wants an end to the deadlock, but the opposition has raised criticisms.
An investor bought all the houses in the neighbourhood and the lease agreements end next month. Residents say they have nowhere to go and accuse the City Council of failing to protect the neighbourhood.
Some residents are on a waiting list for public housing, but there is no immediate solution
Ten families in Vila Nova de Gaia are at risk of becoming homeless between this month and the next.
The source of the infestation is reportedly an abandoned property owned by the same landlord as the house where this family resides.
An abandoned house is believed to be the source of the infestation. Daniela has already alerted the landlord and requested help from various entities, but she is still waiting for a response.
Elections held on April 25 and 26 for the Local Coordination Group (GCL) of the newly created Vila Nova de Gaia Municipal Nucleus of Livre had a single candidate list.
The first fight of a battle. This was how the residents of the Outeiro do Linho social housing neighbourhood in Valongo reacted to the news this Thursday, May 14, that the court had approved the injunction filed by residents to prevent the demolition of municipal housing. Following the decision, the inhabitants will no longer have to leave their homes by tomorrow, May 15.
A green area will be created and the private tower will be reduced from 21 to 15 floors. When construction proceeds, the supervised drug consumption room will have to be relocated again.
Elderly residents were being forced to move into shipping containers.
Municipalities in Northern Portugal have seen their European funding under the Norte 2030 programme increase by 10%, with 200 million euros earmarked for housing policies, according to Álvaro Santos, president of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N). The funding boost is part of the 'Norte + Próximo' initiative, which involved signing contract addenda across eight intermunicipal entities. The total allocation for municipalities has risen to 1.4 billion euros. Additionally, Santos highlighted the need for municipalities to meet the 30 June deadline for revising their Municipal Master Plans (PDM) to avoid the suspension of urban development licensing.
The Valongo City Council wants to demolish the city's oldest social housing estate and build a new one. However, six out of the 10 households are refusing to leave their current dwellings in exchange for a future apartment.
The Housing Census in Baião recorded 514 requests for housing. These figures exceed the data recorded in the previous Local Housing Strategy (2021-2026). Requests from young people and middle-income families are increasing.
Housing is back in the spotlight, amid fiscal measures yet to be implemented, rising rents, land with no known owner, and new rules for annexing rustic buildings. The Government is also preparing changes to business licensing, while municipalities are moving forward with video surveillance systems and the temporary centre for immigrants in Porto faces overcrowding. Learn about these and...
Real estate developer and asset manager Âncora Investments has announced a partnership with PMA – Paulo Merlini Architects to develop two large-scale residential projects in the Porto Metropolitan Area, located in Canelas (Vila Nova de Gaia) and Águas Santas (Maia). The initial investment is estimated at 180 million euros, with the potential to increase as the projects progress. The developments are expected to total over 80,000 m² of above-ground construction and approximately 650 homes aimed at the mid-market segment. Construction is scheduled to begin within the next 12 months and will be carried out in phases.
