Abstract

PAVEL, Fabiana  and  ROMEIRO, Patrícia. Arrendamento de curta duração, políticas públicas e COVID-19 em Portugal: os casos de Lisboa e do Porto. CIDADES [online]. 2022, vol.45, pp.17-38.  Epub Dec 29, 2022. ISSN 2182-3030.  https://doi.org/10.15847/cct.26537.

In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, Portugal, and particularly the municipalities of Lisbon and Porto, have undertaken recovery strategies based on international promotion. In this way they aim to attract foreign tourists and capital, chiefly targeting the housing market. As a result, urban tourism has registered quick, ample growth, a trend also seen in investment into housing for short-term rental (STR). This has contributed to the touristification of central urban areas. The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated socio-economic crisis have highlighted the weaknesses and inequalities caused by this economic model. Starting from an analysis of the public housing policies directly related to tourism developed in Portugal over the last decade, it is our goal to analyse whether the pandemic context was regarded by public power as an opportunity to achieve greater equilibrium between Alojamento Local (Local Accommodation, a national legal figure for short-term rental) and long-term rental. We question particularly whether the programmes Renda Segura (Safe Rent) and Porto com Sentido (Porto with Sense), respectively launched by the Lisbon and the Porto City Councils, were able to trigger an effective change in the housing market. More specifically, we try to understand whether these programmes have increased the offer of housing to middle-income families - which, given the current housing market prices, struggle to find or maintain adequate housing - while at the same time providing support to Alojamento Local proprietors.

Keywords : short-term rental; urban tourism; Programa Renda Segura; Porto com Sentido; Lisbon; Porto.

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