This position was expressed by António Costa in the housing section of the interview he gave to TVI and CNN/Portugal, an area in which he expressed his frustration that the reality of the price increase was more dynamic than the effects of the political measures who had taken his land. executives.
In the interview, António Costa was asked whether he will repeat the brakes he imposed this year to slow down rent increases, but he ruled out that possibility.
“We are in discussions, both with the Portuguese Tenants’ Association and with the Owners’ Association, to see how we divide the efforts between the owner, the tenants and the State. We cannot at the same time say that we want to give confidence to owners to put houses on the market and every year we take measures that violate that confidence,” he claimed.
That is why, according to the Prime Minister, “there is no repetition of the formula adopted this year”. “What measure between 2% and 6.95 would result from the legal formula is something we are discussing,” he added.
Regarding the housing problem, the executive leader assumed that he is facing a serious problem.
“I do not hide that I have a certain frustration, not to say a lot of frustration, due to the fact that reality was much more dynamic than the political response,” he said.
Source: DN
