With this proposal, which still has to be voted on by the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, the suspension of new AL registrations will be applied in 15 of the city’s 24 departments, that is, only nine that can accommodate the new institutions, given the number of licenses required in Campolide made part of the previous list For areas with a ratio between the number of AL institutions and the number of permanent residences equal to or greater than 2.5%.
Approved at a special meeting of the municipal executive, with the support of the PCP and an independent council member elected by the PS/Livre coalition and with a vote against the PSD/CDS-PP leadership, the proposal for PS, BE and Livre provides for “immediate suspension of authorization for new registrations of installations in AL” , for a new period of six months, from the end of the suspension period currently in effect until the entry into force of the amendment of the Municipal Regulation for Local Housing.”
Based on the data on the weight of the local residence relative to the classic family residence, according to Lusa News, in the 24 parishes in Lisbon, presented in the proposal, the parishes increased by more than 2.5% from 14 to 15, with the entry of Campolide, which joins Santa Maria Maior (52%), Misericórdia (39%), Santo António (26%), São Vicente (16%), Arroios (14%), Estrela (11%), Avenidas Novas (7%), Alcantara (5%) , Belém (4%), Campo de Ourique (4%), Parque das Nacis (4%), Benha de France (4%), Agoda (3%) and Arreiro (3%)%.
In addition to these parishes, the ban on new establishments in areas considered “absolute containment” remains in place, namely Bairro Alto/Madragua, Castillo/Alfama/Muraria, Colina de Santana, Baixa, Avenida da Liberdade/Avenida da Republica/Avenida Almirante Reis, in accordance with municipal regulations for local housing, in effect since November 2019, which also establish a relative containment zone, with limited registration in Graça and Bairro das Colónias.
Council members in PS, BE and Livre also want the Municipal Directorate of Urbanization to present, “until October 10”, the urban planning study for tourism in Lisbon, with the proportions of “local residence / properties available for housing” and “local residence / classic family housing” from Before the parish and the homogeneous tourist area requested by the council “more than eight months ago”.
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