Owners can oppose local housing in self-contained parts of buildings or in parts of urban buildings, unless the constructive title provides for this use, the government clarified.
“In the event that the local housing activity is carried out in an autonomous part of a building or part of an urban building suitable for independent use, the meeting of co-owners may, by decision of more than half of the permit of the building, oppose the exercise of the activity of local housing in that fraction,” said the legislation of the program “More Housing”, published Friday evening.
However, this rule does not apply if the title of ownership provides for the use of the relevant faction for that purpose or if the joint meeting of owners has expressly approved the activity.
The decision to cancel registration, which entails the “immediate cessation” of activity, must be communicated by the meeting of co-owners to the president of the respective city council.
On this subject, the executive has also ruled that the suspension of new permits for local accommodation, except for “rural accommodation areas”, without specifying which and referring to “terms to be defined” by those responsible for the areas of the economy, housing and territorial cohesion.
Local lodging registrations in effect on the date of enactment of this law expire on December 31, 2030 and “are renewable for five years from December 31, 2030.”
The parish councils now have oversight powers and the authority to “impose the respective fines and additional sanctions” in terms of local housing, together with the ASAE and the municipal councils, which are able to “enforce the temporary ban on the operation of accommodation sites to be determined” , in whole or in part”.
As you know, the registration of a local accommodation provider is now valid for five years.
The “More Housing” program provides, among other things, for making more land available for housing, incentives for private construction or tax incentives for owners to put houses on the rental market.
Measures aimed at stimulating the rental market and streamlining and stimulating construction include the end of the ‘golden’ visa, the state replacing the tenant and paying rent in the event of three months of non-compliance, the obligation to a flat rate offered by banks on home loans or the capital gains exemption for families selling homes to pay off their home loan.
The measures of the Mais Habitação program will cost approximately 900 million euros, in this estimate excluding the cost of renting, works to be carried out or purchases, but including the value of credit lines, and will call on funds from the State Budget, as already indicated by the Minister of Finance, Fernando Medina.
Source: DN
