Aveiro City Council unanimously began the first alteration to its 2019 master plan on 6 November, aiming to allow taller buildings to ease the housing shortage. Zones and storey limits are not public yet; residents will get a participation period to send suggestions.
Estamo has listed 477 unused state buildings that councils can take over to manage as affordable homes, cultural spaces, municipal services or health units. Councils have until 31 December to choose, and must pay to restore what they take.
Fermelinda Carvalho says heat pumps, solar panels and other IHRU requirements make council home renovations so costly that builders stay away. The city's plan for 108 homes is behind schedule, and 86 households applied for 10 council flats.
Portugal's association of municipalities told parliament on 4 November that the new late-payment rules, which make a council bill overdue after 30 days instead of 90, should be suspended for all of 2027 so that smaller town halls can adapt.
Porto's executive voted on 3 November to undo the 20 October decision letting seven developers pay about 1.39 million euros instead of providing affordable homes. The mostly tourism projects will be licensed only if they deliver affordable rentals in the historic centre.
An open letter from ten Trás-os-Montes and Douro councils asks EDP and Movhera to pay the IMT, stamp duty and IMI they say is owed on six dams. Prosecutors put the sale's unpaid tax at 335.2 million euros; EDP says it will not pay until a court rules.
The State Reform minister told MPs that LicencIA, an AI layer over councils' planning systems, should cut licensing times by 60 to 70 percent. Coimbra is among the pilot councils; no list, budget or launch date has been published.
