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BE/Azores wants to convert local accommodation into long-term rentals

The party proposes a maximum limit of 5% for local accommodation per parish or in areas identified as priority zones and advocates for updating the licensing legislation for local accommodation.

Down with IMT, long live IMI!

Portuguese people tend to buy houses more frequently than other nations, basically due to disastrous government legislation that has affected confidence in the rental market.

INE suspends publication of rental market data again

The Government has implemented public policies aimed at the rental market without having updated public data available to evaluate the evolution of this sector.

All party bills on rental housing rejected

The bills from the PCP, IL, Chega, PAN, Livre, and BE regarding the strengthening of the rental market, discussed this Friday in Parliament, were all rejected in the general vote.

All party bills on rental housing rejected in parliament

The bills from the PCP, IL, Chega, PAN, Livre, and BE regarding the strengthening of the rental market, discussed in parliament today, were all rejected during the general vote.

Cutting the Gordian knot of the housing crisis

The government is preparing changes to housing policy to accelerate evictions in cases of non-compliance and unlock the sale of inherited properties, aiming to increase rental supply. Minister Leitão Amaro's measures seek to balance incentives for landlords with the protection of vulnerable tenants. The article argues that public policy must provide legal and fiscal security for owners while ensuring the state, rather than private individuals, bears the burden of social support. It also highlights the need for robust public investment in housing, improved public transport to support mobility, and a long-term, coherent strategy that transcends political cycles.

Read here the DN of this Wednesday, 18 February

“The largest supply of rental homes has not stopped the rise in rents” is the headline of DN this Wednesday, 18 February. More homes are entering the rental market, but the cost in major urban centres exceeds, well over, one thousand euros, according to data from the Imovirtual portal. Government measures are expected to boost supply, but the impact will only be felt in the medium to long term. Download below the electronic edition of the newspaper: The photographic highlight features a report that listened to young people and experts about the ban on access to social networks. “But my mother is always glued to her phone,” is the title of the article to read in this edition. Other topics: Interview on the 40th anniversary of the first heart transplant - João Queiroz e Melo: “Medicine cannot be dissociated from the environment and the circular economy”. Sports - When the dream of fame belongs to the children, but also to the parents. Culture - From The Day of the Prodigies to Mercy. The stories behind Lídia Jorge's novels. Obituary - Jesse Jackson (1941-2026): Civil rights advocate who fought to “keep hope alive”. Economy - Only one in five female workers earns more than 1500 euros gross per month. International - Kiev focuses on "practical issues, but Moscow is cutting into “very tense” negotiations. Economy - “The strategic aim for Portugal is to know how to say no,” says António Ramalho.

Rents rise faster than sales, deepening imbalances in the property market

Rents are increasing at a higher rate than property sales, worsening market imbalances — reducing affordability, putting pressure on tenants, widening the gap between rental and purchase markets, and prompting investor shifts and potential policy responses.

Today in the news: Construction, rents and foreign nationals

Half of the CEOs of construction companies who responded to the 2025 Construction Industry Barometer ‘clearly disagree with public housing policies’, according to the survey created by Fundação Mestre Casais in partnership with AICCOPN. The PSP and the GNR carried out four times as many enforcement actions targeting immigrants last year compared with ...

Seguro wins in the municipality with the most vacant houses for rent

The municipality of Penela has an area of 134.8 square kilometres, occupying 0.2% of the national territory. In size, it ranks 215th out of Portugal's 308 municipalities.

In 72 municipalities, the supply of homes is insufficient to meet demand

A report finds that housing availability in 72 municipalities is inadequate to satisfy current buyer and renter demand.