Bloco de Esquerda (BE) believes that local housing needs to be controlled and is proposing measures such as rent caps in cities such as Lisbon and Porto.
At a time when Portugal is experiencing an “unprecedented housing crisis”, Mariana Mortagua argues that all homeowners should be “obliged” to rent out their property, according to the newspaper. ECO. “If a landlord can keep houses closed just to support a political guerrilla, it’s because he doesn’t need rent money” and “It goes against the public interest,” he said.
MP BE argues that “… A measure of rent control is a good measure. It must be well studied and calibratedHe stressed that “more than half of the countries in the European Union and the OECD have some form of rent control, and Portugal does not.”
“The catastrophe we have in housing is the catastrophe of liberalism in the market. And now we have to regulate part of the market,” said Mariana Mortagua.
According to the BC deputy, the state and the private sector should unite to solve the housing problem that affects the country. “What needs to be done is to make houses available on the market at prices that people can afford,” he defended.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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