Municipal councils are buying ready-made houses to avoid losing PRR funding
With the PRR deadline ending in June, local authorities are abandoning new construction projects in favour of purchasing existing homes directly from the market.

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With the PRR deadline ending in June, local authorities are abandoning new construction projects in favour of purchasing existing homes directly from the market.

Only public entities and social solidarity institutions can request a VAT refund for projects financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan. When support is provided through grants (non-repayable funds), it is the Agency for Development and Cohesion that refunds the VAT. If it is through loans, then it is the responsibility of the Directorate...

The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) states that, of the approximately 24,300 housing units proposed for the European funding plan, 8,500 had been delivered by the beginning of March, 76% of which as a result of rehabilitation projects.

The chair of the Audit and Control Committee for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) admitted on Tuesday in parliament that the body will not be able to verify all the milestones and targets in the latest payment requests. “We can't get everywhere. Up to the eighth payment request, we ensured the verification of ...”

The chairman of the National Monitoring Committee (CNA) for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), Pedro Dominguinhos, says the country may move forward with a reprogramming of European funds once the damage and impacts of Storm Kristin have been assessed, indicating a timescale of about two months. “We can only carry out the reprogramming after ...”

Asks whether the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan) is being diverted towards war-related purposes rather than serving the country.

The Government rules out extending the PRR, as suggested by Seguro, but says it is analysing the mechanism it could use to achieve the same objective.

The Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion says the gist of Seguro's remarks makes sense, but the Government has an alternative. “The situation is not very pleasant,” admits Manuel Castro Almeida.

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said today that Portugal will carry out all ongoing investments under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), despite the trail of destruction caused by the passage of Storm Kristin across mainland Portugal.
With the election campaign constrained by the devastating effects of Storm Kristin, António José Seguro has been visiting—albeit without journalists—some of the municipalities most affected, particularly in the districts of Leiria and Santarém, and has also taken the opportunity to offer suggestions to the Government and to criticise the lack of assistance to the affected communities.
With the election campaign shaped by the devastating effects of Storm Kristin, António José Seguro has been visiting — albeit without journalists — some of the municipalities most affected, especially in the districts of Leiria and Santarém, and has also taken the opportunity to offer suggestions to the Government and to criticise the lack of aid to the affected communities.
Because of Storm Kristine, António José Seguro is urging the Government to extend the PRR deadlines. The mayor of Leiria criticises 'political opportunism' during the election campaign. The Army is deploying teams.

The European Commission will not accept extending the deadline for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), even taking into account the damage caused by Storm Kristin, which claimed five lives. “The Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) cannot and will not be extended,” an official Commission source told ECO. This mechanism "is subject ...

Presidential candidate António José Seguro suggests the Government should ask Brussels to obtain an extension of the deadline for completing some works financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). “I would like to make a suggestion to the Government: in the context of the PRR negotiation, if the European Union could grant an extension ...”

The president of Lisbon City Council today called for a Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) dedicated solely to housing, emphasising that the programme in force until June 2026 is not sufficient to resolve the current crisis.

IAPMEI has extended the deadline for submitting the next payment request for the Mobilising and Green Agendas until 7 February, under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), due to constraints caused by bad weather.

IAPMEI has extended the deadline to 7 February for submitting the next payment request for the Mobilising and Green Agendas under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), due to constraints caused by adverse weather. “Given the constraints recorded in recent days in several regions of the country resulting from Storm Kristin — which ...”

The departure of workers whose contracts will end with the conclusion of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is compromising the performance of the Climate Agency. The departures began several months ago and will continue, an official source at the Climate Agency (ApC) told ECO. One of the consequences is delays...

The European Commission projects that measures related to the Recovery and Resilience Plans (PRR) could increase the EU's real GDP by up to 1.4% in 2026.

Planning and the launch of tenders delayed interventions, and the PRR Monitoring Committee says investments in forests are only expected to reach 60% of the value originally planned.

Pedro Dominguinhos, president of the PRR's National Monitoring Commission, said in Lisbon today that reducing milestones and targets through reprogramming is a 'mathematical matter', prompted by Brussels due to difficulties in implementation.

As Portugal's PRR programme reaches its final phase, many of the 1.º Direito homes remain untransferred and several architects involved in public procurement are publicly questioning the projects' costs, delivery timescales and construction quality. Concerns focus on cost inflation, contractual timelines slipping, inconsistent build standards and weaknesses in procurement oversight, raising risks for occupants and the housing market; architects urge tighter quality assurance, clearer accountability and revised procurement practices to protect beneficiaries and public investment.

Colep Packaging is the leader of the mobilising Produtec R3 agenda and chose not to request either more time or additional funding as part of the reprogramming. “The focus on implementation is so great that we don't have time to think about other projects and to request extra funding for them,” CEO Paulo Sousa explained, in ...

The European Commission has given a positive preliminary opinion on the payment request submitted last November by the Government.
