EU Proposes Affordable Housing Act to Give Cities Clearer Rules on Housing Pressures
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EU Proposes Affordable Housing Act to Give Cities Clearer Rules on Housing Pressures
Independent Journalism and Public Interest Reporting. The European Commission has proposed a new Affordable Housing Act aimed at helping EU countries and cities respond to housing affordability and availability problems in areas facing the greatest pressure. The proposal would create a common European framework for identifying areas experiencing housing stress and assessing measures designed to protect the supply of homes for This article was or…
The initiative aims to support Member States in increasing affordable housing supply. The Portuguese Government claims that it has already launched measures of this kind two years ago. "Portugal did not wait for Europe."
Minister for Infrastructure and Housing points out that the proposal presented this week by the European Commission confirms the strategy that Portugal adopted more than two years ago, with the 'Build Portugal' programme.
According to the Portuguese Government, the framework now presented by Brussels "follows several of the guidelines that had already been implemented in Portugal, namely the strengthening of housing supply, the availability of more land for construction or rental support."
The Portuguese Government today argued that the measures adopted in Portugal, through the Construct Portugal programme, launched about two years ago, are now being confirmed by the European Union (EU) in the affordable housing proposal.
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