Thousands of tenants who meet the requirements for receiving income for income are losing their subsidy due to bureaucratic failures and there are already cases of people who have had to leave home or cut in other expenses.
Thousands of tenants in Portugal are being injured by bureaucratic failures In the attribution of extraordinary income for income, created in 2023.
Despite complying with all the criteria, many ceased to receive the allowance without any explanation by the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU), the entity responsible for managing this support. According to, there are already families who are having to abandon housing or cut dramatically on expenses due to system failures.
This support is intended for tenants with yields to the sixth echelon IRS, 35% or greater effort rate and lease contracts entered into until March 15, 2023. Although a legal change of July 2024 has allowed to maintain the subsidy to those who entered into new contracts with the same landlord and housing, the application of the law has been ineffective.
Another obstacle has been the need to Prior validation of tax data and lease agreements, a bureaucratic process that depends on the tax authority, social security and other entities.
An example of this is the case of a 72 -year -old retired in Viseu, who saw his 147 euros support after a simple addendum to the contract, despite continuing to continue to comply with all legal requirements. Undoubtedly the authorities, this tenant was forced to drastically reduce basic expenses such as food, medicines, heating and family travel.
However, the informal group “injured by the IHRU” was formed, bringing together tenants in similar situations. Lawyer Carla Faleiro, who represents them, warns of cases where they are Outdated data used or poorly interpreted, such as 2022 yields or exertion rates greater than 100% – no legal basis.
Despite the government’s promises to reformulate support and the creation of an online data validation platform, complaints remain months unanswered.
