26,000 families in Lisbon living in undignified housing

Twenty-six thousand families live in an "undignified housing situation" in the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisbon Metropolitan Area) and about 200,000 are at risk of losing their housing for financial reasons, according to data collected by the 18 municipalities in this region.

In a statement, the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML), a body that represents Lisbon’s 18 municipalities said “Taking into account the data collected from the AML municipalities regarding the diagnoses prepared within the scope of their local housing strategies, the prevalence in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area is estimated at 26,000 households in an undignified housing situation, 785,000 households with incomes incompatible with the to the prices practiced in the housing market and about 200,000 households at risk of being in a situation of housing inaccessibility for financial reasons”. However, AML indicated that it is in the process of developing an action plan to meet existing housing needs in the region.

Two hundred thousand Lisbonites are at risk of losing their housing for financial reasons.

The action plan “PRR Housing (Recovery and Resilience Plan) – AML 2021-2026” focuses on programmes to support access to housing, affordable housing, student accommodation and the creation of a national scholarship for “urgent and temporary” accommodation, AML said in a statement.

“It should be remembered that the housing crisis scenario is particularly felt in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, a fact highlighted by the 2018 National Survey of Housing Rehousing Needs, which found that 54% of the approximately 26,000 families living in clearly unsatisfactory conditions and need to be relocated were located in this region”.

For those unaware, the municipalities of Alcochete, Almada, Amadora, Barreiro, Cascais, Lisbon, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Odivelas, Oeiras, Palmela, Seixal, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Sintra and Vila Franca de Xira are part of the AML.

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