Insurance wants to “mobilize all actors” for housing crisis

O President of the Republic stressed today that he is attentive to the housing crisis and wants to mobilise all actors to its resolution, having heard experts, local authorities, parties, movements and the Council of State.

This position is contained in a note from the Presidency of the Republic sent to the media, on the day that the head of state, António José Seguro, António José Seguro received at the Palace of Belém movements for the right to housing represented in the Platform House to Live.

“The President of the Republic is attentive to the housing crisis and has sought to hear and mobilize all actors in order to resolve it. In this context, he listened to experts, entities representing the sector and local authorities, as well as political parties and the Council of State”, reads in the note.

In the same note, it is added that, following the hearing, the President of the Republic also heard the movements for the right to housing represented in the Platform Casa para Viver, Campada de Lisboa and Campada do Porto, today, 13 November, in the Palace of Belém”.

According to the Presidency of the Republic, at this hearing “a number of testimonies and problems of social cohesion have been brought, which impact young people, families and the elderly population, warning the reality of people on the outskirts of large cities, poverty, inequalities and the need to ensure access to housing”.

“ The head of state was given a set of concerns that relate to legislative matters, city public policies, police action, effectiveness of public administration and protection of the most vulnerable”, adds.