Enough suggests government use PRR funds to help tenants pay rent

This Friday, Chega defended the use of Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) funds to directly support tenants in paying rent in check format, criticizing António Costa for sending a letter to the European Commission.

On the sidelines of the opening of the third party Summer Political Academy in the Assembly of the Republic, André Ventura defended the “temporary” use of some of the PRR funds “in a kind of rent check or home loan check”. “.

According to leader Chega, “The first step to be taken is to propose to the Portuguese government, together with other countries, the restructuring of the PRR goals, which are already defined by environmental issues, public investment and digitalization. of these parts, one of these percentages is used to pay rent and pay off mortgages.”

For Ventura, such a solution is a way to find a “balance” between the interests of tenants and tenants.

The Chegi president also commented on the Expresso news, according to which the government has sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposing that “placement and retention of talent be among the priorities” of the Brussels chief.

“I would say that this letter that the Prime Minister is writing today to Brussels is a capitulation and a disgrace to Portugal, because we assume that we cannot solve our problems, and again we go to Europe with outstretched hands to see if they will help whether they. We are now in such a situation,” he criticized.

When asked about the conditions under which families should receive this support, Ventura replied: “I would say that by the order of 40% [de taxa de esforço] families are suffocating.”

“It will set up its own fund, which will evaluate the conditions, as in the case of social security, based on whether the family will be able to receive this support. We have a problem that needs to be solved tomorrow,” he said.