Oeiras will build 770 houses at the former Alges radio naval base with an investment of 185 million euros.

The municipality of Oeiras, in partnership with the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU), will build “approximately 770 houses” on the site of the former Algés naval station to ensure affordable rents, investing 185 million euros.

With the aim of strengthening the public housing stock, the planned investments stem from a protocol that will be signed this Wednesday between the municipality of Oeiras in the district of Lisbon and the IHRU as part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). ) .

“After developments are already under construction in Alto da Montaña (Carnaxide), Parque da Junça and Quinta dos Asiprestes (Linda a Velha), there are now plans to build 770 new ones at the former naval radio station in Algés houses. for an affordable income,” said the Oeiras City Council, chaired by the independent Isaltino Morais.

Work on the former Algés radio naval station, with a total area of ​​322,836.60 square meters, is expected to begin next year and “will be completed by March 2026,” according to the municipality.

The project to build more homes to be made available through the Affordable Income program, with a “total investment of €185 million,” also includes the creation of a “12-hectare urban park” and the possibility of installing equipment for use there. .

At the signing of the protocol at 10:00 at the Comandante Nunez Ribeiro naval radio station in Algés, in addition to the President of the City Council of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, the presence of the Minister of Housing, Marina Gonçalves, is expected. .

The ceremony will also open the exhibition “35 years of housing in Oeiras”, which reflects the housing policies developed by the municipality in recent decades, as well as what is expected in the future in this area.

“In Oeiras, everyone has the right to decent housing,” says the municipality, believing that “home is the principle of human dignity,” since “without housing there is no culture, health care, education – no life project.”

From a historical point of view, according to the exhibition, in 1986 Oeiras was among the municipalities with the largest number of shacks and run-down neighborhoods, but the situation has changed with the advent of investment in municipal housing.

The municipality is currently implementing a re-qualification plan for 19 municipal blocks, which involves interventions in 410 buildings and 3,131 houses for a total investment of 77 million euros, in order to “improve the comfort conditions and energy efficiency of buildings and public spaces.” “, the municipality reported.

As part of the supported leasing, Oeiras envisages “the construction of 746 houses by 2026, in a total of 12 projects distributed across four districts, which will consist of a planned global investment of 130 million euros”, of which 115 million are financed from the PRR and 15 million – from the municipality.

Of those 746 homes, 92 will be ready by 2024, according to the municipality.

Another program of the municipality is “Housing for Youth in the Historical Centers of Oeiras”, created in 2006 to support young people between 18 and 35 years of age to acquire and restore properties in the old centers of the municipality, contributing to their regeneration.

“The Young Housing Strategic Program has already enabled the acquisition of 26 buildings, 16 of which have already been renovated and 10 are in the design stage, with a global investment of more than 19 million euros,” the municipality said.

The Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is a national program funded by the European Union with a deadline of December 31, 2026, which envisages the implementation of a set of reforms and structural investments based on three dimensions: resilience, climate transition. and digital transition.