A new bill from the Left Bloc, already submitted to parliament, foresees quotas for Alojamento Local housing for tourist rentals and wants to set a limit of 90 days a year
The intention of the Left Bloc is to limit the local rental of apartments and houses so as to mark a difference between this sort of tourism rental and other forms covered by other, existing rules.
The bill also demands that local councils can set quotas in relation to housing that is available for short-term tourism rental, taking into account the pressure on transport, health care provision, green spaces and various infrastructures.
Councils will be able to "suspend Alojamento Local licences whenever the density of local accommodation is reaching its limit, as already is happening in some parts of Lisbon and Oporto."
The Left Bloc considers that the "deregulation of local housing is creating a housing crisis that already has hit middle-income sectors of the population" and says that these changes are intended to safeguard the positive aspects of tourism and prevent local government from having to take "drastic measures against tourism, as is already happening in several cities around the world, such as Barcelona, Amsterdam and Berlin."
