Report points to chronic divestment ”by successive governments. It is“ a perverse problem ”, which in the opinion of the expert requires transformative solutions,“ not merely conjunctural ”.
The public housing rate in Portugal remains the lowest in Europe, about 2%, revealing “a chronic divestment ”by successive governments In promoting affordable housing, it stands out in a report released this Thursday, as the government led by Luís Montenegro announces new measures for the sector.
“At the same time, the existing housing park is aged and degraded, contributing to situations of energy poverty and indignant housing conditionswhich are increasing, ”reads a document prepared by-University Institute of Lisbon.
In the chapter dedicated to housing, signed by Joana Pestana Lages, it is pointed out that of the nearly six million remedied housing in 2021, only 70% are affected to the usual residence and the comparison between the number of accommodation and the number of aggregates reveals an excess of about 1.8 million accommodation.
“There are many more houses than household aggregatesbut the apparent over -Officer does not translate into greater accessibility or guarantee of the right to housing. On the contrary, unequal distribution throughout the country, abandonment and affectation for other purposes hinders their mobilization, ”says the researcher.
Phenomena like “Housing financialization”, along with the “gentrification and touristification” of urban centers, “aggravated residential exclusion” and revealed “conflicting interests”which help little with the construction of solutions, he argues.
“Nonetheless, 76% of young people between 20 and 29 years old live with their parentsresurrect neighborhoods of tents on the outskirts of Lisbon, illustrating Portugal as the country with the most difficult access to housing among the 30 OECD countries for which there is data, ”reads the document consisting of 16 essays and which gave rise to a book to present today.
It is “one perverse“, Which in the expert’s opinion requires transformative,” not merely conjunctural “solutions.
The average age in which young Europeans leave their parents’ house is in 26.2 years, according to data from. Other countries in southern Europe record even later ages: Spain and Italy (30 years), Serbia (30.2 years), Greece (30.7 years), Slovakia (30.9 years) and Croatia (31.3 years). The Nordic countries record more early exits: Finland (21.4 years), Denmark (21.7 years) and Sweden (21.9 years).
