The Regional Government of the Azores today delivered the last houses in the framework of the requalification of the neighborhood of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, on Terceira Island, which has been taking place for about two decades.
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10/11/2026
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O Regional Government of the Azores today delivered the last houses in the framework of the requalification of the neighborhood of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, on the island Terceira, which has been taking place for about two decades.
“ This particular case is a situation that has been particularly important, because we are talking about families who, over the years, have been waiting for an answer. Even today we have had the opportunity to see families that 40 years ago lived in those prefabricated houses and who had long dreamed of other conditions of habitability”, said, in statements to journalists, Regional Secretary for Youth, Employment and Housing, Maria João Carreiro.
The rehabilitation process of the then Joaquim Alves neighborhood, created in the 1970s at the entrance of Praia da Vitória, began in the PS governance.
The project of the first phase was presented in 2006 and was planned for the rehabilitation and construction of 133 dwellings in three phases.
The Regional Government today delivered 26 of the 39 houses built in the last phase, still missing to demolish the prefabricated to build green areas and parking lots.
According to Maria João Carreiro, most of the families to whom these houses were assigned already lived in the neighborhood, “in precarious conditions”, in prefabricated ones that will now be demolished.
“ We are talking about investment in this neighbourhood by the Government of the Azores in the order of EUR 20 million, involving three phases. Within the framework of the PRR [Plan of Recovery and Resilience], includes the rehabilitation of 73 dwellings and the construction of 63 dwellings”, the governor revealed.
On Terceira Island alone, EUR 25 million was invested in housing, with PRR funds, with the rehabilitation and construction of more than 200 houses.
Maria João Carreiro reiterated, however, that “the end of the PRR does not translate into the end of the investment of housing”.
In the parish of São Brás, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, where 13 rental houses were built with purchase options, with funds from the PRR, will be made available “next year” lots for construction.
In the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, it was planned to build 48 houses in the neighborhood of Terra Chã, with funds from the PRR, but “the contest became deserted” and the executive decided to reprogram the funds to meet the goals.
The Housing folder holder assured, however, that “next year” the executive will launch the contest again.
“ The fact that the investment was withdrawn from the PRR does not mean that it was forgotten. Next year, the conditions are already met to launch the contest for the undertaking of the 48 dwellings of Terra Chã. And somehow we are responding to the strengthening of housing supply ", vincou.
Regarding the rehabilitation of 92 homes in the neighborhood Nascer do Sol, provided by the US Air Force, Maria João Carreiro said that the intervention in the homes was completed until August 31, within the deadlines set by the PRR.
The rental tender was already made with purchase option and the houses should have been delivered by the end of October, but since works were still running in the infrastructure area, the delivery was delayed.
“ As a matter of security, we did not transfer ownership of the housing to their families, but I can note that, this November, the houses will be delivered to 92 families ", advanced the regional secretary.
Maria João Carreiro stressed that the executive is strengthening housing supply with European and own funds, but argued that there must also be a bet on other types of support.
“ Our goal is, first of all, a strong commitment to self-construction, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, we are also leveraging support for cooperatives ", stressed.
In the municipality of Ribeira Grande, on the island of São Miguel, the executive has already supported, through a cooperative, a project for the construction of 16 houses and another for 46 houses, an investment of about EUR 2.2 million.
“ It is important that society organises itself and takes advantage of existing support to create cooperatives, because the truth is that the Regional Government cannot do everything alone”, he said.