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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

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 Million PRR Refit Targets a 31 August Conclusion and Year-End Reopening — Three Treasury Rooms Lift From a Century-Long Closure

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 Million PRR Refit Targets a 31 August Conclusion and Year-End Reopening — Three Treasury Rooms Lift From a Century-Long Closure

The Palácio Nacional da Ajuda's €12.8 million PRR refit hits the 31 August PRR deadline with a year-end reopening — and unlocks three Salas do Tesouro shuttered since King Luís I's death in 1889.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...

The Portugal Brief 26 May 2026

PRR's 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras Approach the 30 June 2026 Execution Wall — €8 Billion of Applied-Research Spend Across 1,247 Entities Targets 18,000 New Jobs and 1,263 Contracted Products, Processes and Services

PRR's 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras Approach the 30 June 2026 Execution Wall — €8 Billion of Applied-Research Spend Across 1,247 Entities Targets 18,000 New Jobs and 1,263 Contracted Products, Processes and Services

Portugal's biggest single shot at industrial research funding inside the European recovery cycle is two-thirds through its execution window and one month away from its hardest deadline. The 53 Agendas Mobilizadoras financed by the Plano de...

The Portugal Brief 26 May 2026

Only 12% of 'Completed' 1.º Direito Homes Have Been Handed Over to Families — IHRU Books 17,000 Concluded Units Against a 26,000 PRR June 2026 Target as Lisbon's 6,090 Carry the Pipeline

Only 12% of 'Completed' 1.º Direito Homes Have Been Handed Over to Families — IHRU Books 17,000 Concluded Units Against a 26,000 PRR June 2026 Target as Lisbon's 6,090 Carry the Pipeline

A Público investigation published on the morning of Thursday 21 May 2026 recasts the headline read on Portugal's flagship social-housing programme: only 12% of the homes the Government has counted as 'completed' under 1.º Direito have actually been...

The Portugal Brief 21 May 2026

Pinto Luz Tells Parliament 'No Limite Será OE' to Finance the Lisbon Metro Red Line After PRR Drops the €285 Million Slice — Portugal 2030 and BEI in Play for the 4.1-Kilometre Campolide-to-Alcântara Extension

Pinto Luz Tells Parliament 'No Limite Será OE' to Finance the Lisbon Metro Red Line After PRR Drops the €285 Million Slice — Portugal 2030 and BEI in Play for the 4.1-Kilometre Campolide-to-Alcântara Extension

Pinto Luz tells Parliament the Lisbon Metro Red Line extension will, 'no limite', be funded through the OE after PRR dropped the €285 million slice. Portugal 2030 and BEI loans are also in play for the 4.1-km Campolide-to-Alcântara extension.

The Portugal Brief 20 May 2026

IFRRU 2030 Lines Up a €480 Million BEI-and-CEB Loan to Build and Rehab Moderate-Rent Housing in Lisbon and Porto — Isabel Barroso de Sousa Reads the Negotiation as 'In Advanced Phase'

IFRRU 2030 Lines Up a €480 Million BEI-and-CEB Loan to Build and Rehab Moderate-Rent Housing in Lisbon and Porto — Isabel Barroso de Sousa Reads the Negotiation as 'In Advanced Phase'

IFRRU 2030 president Isabel Barroso de Sousa tells ECO on 19 May that a €480 million bilateral loan from the BEI and the Council of Europe Bank is in advanced negotiation, with disbursement contracts pencilled for early 2027 to fund moderate-rent housing in Lisbon and Porto.

The Portugal Brief 20 May 2026

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