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Council of Ministers Triples the IHRU Multi-Annual Envelope to €1.85 Billion for 12,000 Affordable-Rent Homes by 2030 — Resolução 111/2026 Loads €188 Million Into 2026 and €577.8 Million Into 2027

Council of Ministers Triples the IHRU Multi-Annual Envelope to €1.85 Billion for 12,000 Affordable-Rent Homes by 2030 — Resolução 111/2026 Loads €188 Million Into 2026 and €577.8 Million Into 2027

Resolução 111/2026 lifts the IHRU multi-annual envelope from €511.6 million to €1.85 billion for the 12,000-home affordable-rent programme through 2030, with €188 million provisioned for 2026 and €577.8 million for 2027.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Ponte Móvel de Leixões Pauses Service on 15 June for APDL's 90-Day €5.63 Million Rótula Swap — A28 Absorbs the Vehicle Detour and Shuttle Buses Cover the Leça-Matosinhos Pedestrian Run

Ponte Móvel de Leixões Pauses Service on 15 June for APDL's 90-Day €5.63 Million Rótula Swap — A28 Absorbs the Vehicle Detour and Shuttle Buses Cover the Leça-Matosinhos Pedestrian Run

The Ponte Móvel de Leixões — the swing road bridge that links Matosinhos to Leça da Palmeira across the entrance to the Port of Leixões — closes to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic for 90 days from 15 June 2026, the Administração dos Portos do...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Banco de Portugal April Tape Lifts New Mortgage Rates to 2.86% in the First 2026 Climb — Variable Trackers Add 14 Basis Points and the Average Monthly Stock Payment Hits €428

Banco de Portugal April Tape Lifts New Mortgage Rates to 2.86% in the First 2026 Climb — Variable Trackers Add 14 Basis Points and the Average Monthly Stock Payment Hits €428

The average interest rate on new home loans in Portugal rose 5 basis points in April to 2.86%, the highest level since July 2025 and the first increase recorded in 2026, according to the Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal) statistical release...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Seguro Greenlights Three SNS Decree-Laws as Tarefeiro Lockout Stretches to Two Years and Hospital Emergency Doctors Pick Up 40-80% Overtime Bumps

Seguro Greenlights Three SNS Decree-Laws as Tarefeiro Lockout Stretches to Two Years and Hospital Emergency Doctors Pick Up 40-80% Overtime Bumps

President António José Seguro on Friday 5 June 2026 promulgated three decree-laws on the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS, National Health Service), including the long-stalled regime on the hiring of tarefeiros — the term commonly used for doctors who...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Government's PTRR Files Seguro's Five 'Immediate' Storm Recommendations as Medium-Term — Paulo Fernandes Pegs Centro Damage at €5–6 Billion Inside the €22.6-Billion Envelope

Government's PTRR Files Seguro's Five 'Immediate' Storm Recommendations as Medium-Term — Paulo Fernandes Pegs Centro Damage at €5–6 Billion Inside the €22.6-Billion Envelope

The five 'immediate' measures in President António José Seguro's Presidência Aberta report on the Centro storms aren't landing at the urgency requested — the Government's PTRR treats most as medium and long-term, while Paulo Fernandes pegs damage at €5–6 billion.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Banco Montepio Holds €210 Million in Residential Stock and Maps a €50 Million Annual Build-Out — Virgílio Lima Frames the Housing Pillar as Mutual-Association Mission Core

Banco Montepio Holds €210 Million in Residential Stock and Maps a €50 Million Annual Build-Out — Virgílio Lima Frames the Housing Pillar as Mutual-Association Mission Core

Banco Montepio ended 2025 with €210 million in residential property earmarked for housing — slightly more than half of the mutualista group's real-estate base — and Virgílio Lima's reconfirmed board is layering a €50 million annual investment to expand the portfolio.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Mota-Engil Resubmits Porto-Soure TGV RECAPE to APA — €1.66 Billion Lot A Drops a 70-Metre Buried Santo Ovídio Station and a Single Road-Rail Douro Bridge

Mota-Engil Resubmits Porto-Soure TGV RECAPE to APA — €1.66 Billion Lot A Drops a 70-Metre Buried Santo Ovídio Station and a Single Road-Rail Douro Bridge

Mota-Engil's TGV consortium refiled the Porto-Soure Lot A RECAPE on 3 June 2026, swapping the rejected Vale do Paraíso surface station for a 70-metre buried platform at Santo Ovídio and folding twin Douro crossings into one road-rail bridge — anchoring a 72-day APA window.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

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