Portugal has introduced a comprehensive package of measures through Decree-Law No. 97/2026 aimed at addressing housing accessibility challenges. The new legislation combines tax incentives and regulatory reforms targeting construction, renovation, property sales, and residential lettings to expand housing supply and improve affordability for buyers and renters.

This is a decision taken on a specific case, however, it may influence other cases that will be judged in the same circumstances.

Here's a quick overview of the changes brought about by the new Town Planning Simplex and answers the questions that remain, with implications...

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The Mais Habitação Programme has come into effect.

Under article 24 of Law 6/2006 of 27 February, which approved the New Urban Renting Rules (NRAU), and article 11(5) of Decree-Law 294/2009 of 13 October, ...

The money foreseen for housing in the new European funds is to be invested, even if the National Housing Programme has not yet been created.

The Covid-19 pandemic will affect drastically the solar promoters in Portugal as it will make harder for them to comply with their permitting obligations in due time.

If the parking space is ‘in the title deed of the horizontal property as an autonomous fraction, then its owner can rent it out, the matrix is the determining reason,' explains Regina Santos Pereira, a lawyer specialising in real estate at SRS Legal.

The public consultation on the legislation proposed by the Government as part of the "Mais Habitação" programme is under way.

In its WWL: Real Estate 2015 guide, Who's Who has recognised two PLMJ partners who specialise in real estate law, Sofia Gomes da Costa and Rita Alarcão Júdice, as two of the best real estate lawyers in Portugal

We continue our conversations with the Algarve's first entrepreneurs to mark PLMJ's 25th anniversary in the Algarve.

A 25 de julho de 2024 foi publicado o Decreto-Lei n.º 48/2024, o qual procedeu à alteração do previsto no artigo 759.º (Retenção de coisas imóveis) do Código Civil. Conforme decorria da redação...

Under the legislative authorization granted by the State Budget Law of 2020, whose validity expired now on December 31, 2020, the Portuguese Government decided to proceed...

In a bid to attract investment towards redevelopment of Lisbon's city centre, the Portuguese government has reduced the minimum investment required under its Golden Visa Program to EUR 350,000.

‘This ruling is positive for landlords, who often have difficulty identifying who their tenants live with, but it leaves unmarried tenants very much unprotected,' says Regina Santos Pereira, a lawyer specialising in tenancy.

The government's financial plans for 2020 will harm Portugal's residency by investment program, according to the professional lobby entity of the five leading real estate firm.

Decree-Law no. 34/2021, of 14 May, approved the legal regime of the order procedure for leases and implemented the Order Procedure for Leases Service.

On May 2019, Decree-Law No. 68/2019, May 22 was published in the Diário da República, regarding the Accessible Lease Program, which is a housing policy program that promotes a supply of rental housing with lower market values.

In this Portuguese language PLMJ Podcast, we talk about litigation in the construction sector. This is a wide-ranging topic, so in this episode, we focus on negotiating and drafting contracts...