(DR) Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing
Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing
The executive intends to review income for income, which has had problems due to system failures and the requirement of landlords, and completely reformulate the lease to sub -sumbarrenda.
The government announced the reformulation of two lease support programs created by the previous executive of António Costa. Extraordinary income support, which currently benefits about 145,000 people, will be reviewed to improve its operationalization, while the Renta to Subarrenda program will be discontinued in its current and redesigned format.
The information was released on Tuesday by the Secretary of State for Housing, Patrícia Gonçalves Costa, during a hearing at the Parliamentary Commission of Economics, Public Works and Housing.
The ruler justified the revision of extraordinary support to income with difficulties in its implementationdue to the temporal undoing of income considered for the attribution and dependence of various entities for their execution, refers.
This program, according to the Secretary of State, was created without guaranteeing the necessary network articulation, which has caused delays in the assignment of support. In response, the government undertakes to reformulate the program by the end of the first quarter of this year, in accordance with the Court of Auditors’ recommendations.
Regarding the Rounding Program to Subarrenda, Patrícia Gonçalves Costa clarified that the applications have been suspended since September 2023, and that the model will be changed.
Currently, the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU) Lind 290 properties, but only 62 were attributed to families. The state pays, on average, 1175 euros per property, while the beneficiaries pay about 500 euros, generating a deficit of 675 euros by lease. The program will be reformulated and the contest annulled will be repeated, with a New draw for attribution of 100 housesalthough dates have not been disclosed to these initiatives.
However, the government intends to insist on VAT reduction to 6% In the construction and rehabilitation of housing, a proposal that was rejected during the state budget vote to 2025. The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, argued that the measure is essential to streamline housing supply at moderate prices.
The executive reaffirms the commitment to implement this tax reduction until the end of the legislature, but has not yet revealed details about the price limits that will be applied. The expectation now is that the proposal will return to Parliament.
