The minister of the presidency this Thursday highlighted the “various approaches, corrections and improvements” that have been made since the original proposal for the Mais Habitação package, arguing that it is impossible to tell the 185,000 people on income support that this program has no has had an impact.
In the briefing after last Thursday’s Council of Ministers, Mariana Vieira da Silva was asked about the veto of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, against the diploma on housing, which was known on Monday, after first referring to the fact that The subject was not discussed during the board meeting on Thursday.
“Since February until the approval by the Assembly of the Republic, various adjustments, corrections and improvements have been made to the original proposal of the government,” the minister stressed, without commenting on a veto, as it is up to the Assembly of the Republic Republic is to “decide later” on this subject.
Mariana Vieira da Silva underlined that “the law that is now vetoed is part” of the program presented by the government and did not consider it possible “to tell the 185,000 people who have already received income support that there is no impact from the Mais Habitação Program”.
“It is our belief that housing issues are complex and therefore require responses at the most diverse levels,” he said.
According to the minister, “step by step, in the various tools created in housing policy since 2016”, the government has been working on “the answer that is urgent for the government and that must be given”.
“We work every day to implement a housing policy that can respond to the needs of the Portuguese,” he assured.
On Monday, the president of the republic vetoed the decree bringing together the most important changes in housing law – with changes in terms of leases, permits or local housing – which was approved in parliament on July 19 by the PS, which has already announced that this will be confirmed. at the beginning of the next parliamentary term.
In the message accompanying the return of the diploma to parliament, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expressed a “serene negative judgment” on the measures and criticized the lack of party consensus.
“It is not easy to see where the promised housing supply will effectively and quickly come from,” he said, adding that “it is not credible enough” in terms of short-term implementation or mobilization.
Source: DN
