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Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
New lease with purchase option scheme reduces burden on Azoreans seeking access to housing
New lease with purchase option scheme reduces burden on Azoreans seeking access to housing
Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
Santa Clara neighbourhood with 22 new housing units
Santa Clara neighbourhood with 22 new housing units
Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
12 serviced plots allocated in Ribeirinha parish, São Miguel
12 serviced plots allocated in Ribeirinha parish, São Miguel
June 18, 2025
New lease with purchase option scheme reduces burden on Azoreans seeking access to housing
June 2, 2025
Santa Clara neighbourhood with 22 new housing units
May 27, 2025
12 serviced plots allocated in Ribeirinha parish, São Miguel
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The Regional Directorate for Housing (DRH) is the entity entrusted with the study, coordination, supervision and implementation of housing actions in accordance with the Regional Government's goals and in close collaboration with local authorities, public utility institutions, private entities or cooperatives, with a view to creating better housing conditions for the population.
It is the responsibility of the DRH to:
- Study, propose and implement housing policy measures for the Region;
- Propose uses for land classified as suitable for urban development and arrange for its acquisition;
- Study and propose measures aimed at restructuring the housing sector in the Region to meet its needs;
- Collaborate with any entity that may contribute to the implementation of the housing policy defined by the Regional Government on a permanent or temporary basis, especially with municipalities, voluntary organisations and non-profit associations, to which it may provide technical support or other types of support to be defined;
- Promote, in conjunction with other services, the study of housing legislation, with a view to drawing up concrete legislative proposals.
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Nota de Imprensa
June 18, 2025
New lease with purchase option scheme reduces burden on Azoreans seeking access to housing
The new lease with purchase option scheme, recently approved by the Council of the Government, will contribute to reducing the burden on Azoreans in accessing housing, according to the Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment. This scheme will allow households, including young, middle-class and single-parent families, to benefit from the housing solutions being built under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) for the Azores and the Regional Budget at prices compatible with their income. This is the case of the 13 new single-family houses nearing completion in the São Brás housing development, municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island – eight are two-bedroom houses, four are three-bedroom houses, and the other is a four-bedroom house – representing an investment of 2.1 million Euros, as confirmed by Maria João Carreiro during her visit to the site. On the occasion, the Regional Secretary also announced that a public tender is expected to be launched in August for the allocation of these new houses on a lease with purchase option scheme. The purchase option can only be exercised by the tenant one year after signing the lease agreement. According to Maria João Carreiro, 80% of the procedures for the construction and renovation of the 272 housing units under the RRP for Terceira Island, corresponding to an overall investment of 25.5 million Euros, have already been completed or are currently underway. This has been achieved "notwithstanding the significant technical and procedural work that needed to be done, and the constraints in the construction market." The government official explained that 53% of these new housing solutions in Terceira will be made available on a lease with purchase option scheme. "This Government has made a clear choice and is being consistent in implementing a new housing policy. It is fair, inclusive and appropriate not only to the serious housing shortages but also to social groups such as the middle class and young people, who today face greater difficulties in accessing housing," she stressed. As Maria João Carreiro stressed, "the Region could have more immediate responses if it had not been for the disinvestment of previous governments in housing construction and renovation, which led to shortages in the public housing stock." The visit to the São Brás housing development was attended by, among others, the Mayor of Praia da Vitória, Vânia Ferreira, members of the Azores Legislative Assembly, Nídia Inácio and Paulo Chaves, and the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão.
June 18, 2025
New lease with purchase option scheme reduces burden on Azoreans seeking access to housing
The new lease with purchase option scheme, recently approved by the Council of the Government, will contribute to reducing the burden on Azoreans in accessing housing, according to the Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment. This scheme will allow households, including young, middle-class and single-parent families, to benefit from the housing solutions being built under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) for the Azores and the Regional Budget at prices compatible with their income. This is the case of the 13 new single-family houses nearing completion in the São Brás housing development, municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island – eight are two-bedroom houses, four are three-bedroom houses, and the other is a four-bedroom house – representing an investment of 2.1 million Euros, as confirmed by Maria João Carreiro during her visit to the site. On the occasion, the Regional Secretary also announced that a public tender is expected to be launched in August for the allocation of these new houses on a lease with purchase option scheme. The purchase option can only be exercised by the tenant one year after signing the lease agreement. According to Maria João Carreiro, 80% of the procedures for the construction and renovation of the 272 housing units under the RRP for Terceira Island, corresponding to an overall investment of 25.5 million Euros, have already been completed or are currently underway. This has been achieved "notwithstanding the significant technical and procedural work that needed to be done, and the constraints in the construction market." The government official explained that 53% of these new housing solutions in Terceira will be made available on a lease with purchase option scheme. "This Government has made a clear choice and is being consistent in implementing a new housing policy. It is fair, inclusive and appropriate not only to the serious housing shortages but also to social groups such as the middle class and young people, who today face greater difficulties in accessing housing," she stressed. As Maria João Carreiro stressed, "the Region could have more immediate responses if it had not been for the disinvestment of previous governments in housing construction and renovation, which led to shortages in the public housing stock." The visit to the São Brás housing development was attended by, among others, the Mayor of Praia da Vitória, Vânia Ferreira, members of the Azores Legislative Assembly, Nídia Inácio and Paulo Chaves, and the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão.
Nota de Imprensa
June 2, 2025
Santa Clara neighbourhood with 22 new housing units
The Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, awarded today to the company Caetano & Medeiros the works contract for the construction of 22 single-family houses in the Santa Clara neighbourhood in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, in an investment of about 4 million Euros (3,947,334.33 €) financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). At the signing of the consignment agreement, followed by the laying of the foundation stone, the government official noted that this work "goes far beyond the construction of buildings." It represents "an investment with a social component, guaranteeing Azorean families access to decent, safe and affordable housing." "Here, in Santa Clara, we are building people's future. A future with dignity, stability and security," she stressed. With a completion period of 420 days, this works contract includes the construction of 18 three-bedroom houses, with a construction area of 97.3 m², and four four-bedroom houses, with a construction area of 112.7 m². These houses will be two-storey single-family houses. According to Maria João Carreiro, the new houses will be made available, through public tender procedures, under a lease with a purchase option scheme. The respective regulations were recently approved by the Government Council under which 93 housing units are expected to be made available by the end of this year, representing an investment of 13.5 million Euros. "Housing is a transformative public policy. It is with practical action and a vision of the future that the Regional Government is ensuring that no one is left behind," she said. The government official explained that the investment in the lease with a purchase option scheme falls within a "broader regional strategy to respond to housing needs, based on the housing renovation and construction, the transfer of plots under the self-build scheme or even the increase in rental support, for example." In 2023, the Regional Government invested about 465 thousand Euros in the implementation of the urban infrastructures for the Santa Clara neighbourhood, creating the necessary conditions for the beginning of the work that has now been awarded. The signing ceremony and the laying of the foundation stone were attended by, among other guests, the President of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Assembly, Claúdio Almeida, the Deputy Mayor of Ponta Delgada, Pedro Furtado, the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão, and the representative of the company Caetano & Medeiros - Sociedade de Construção e Imobiliária, Lda., Luís Medeiros.
June 2, 2025
Santa Clara neighbourhood with 22 new housing units
The Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, awarded today to the company Caetano & Medeiros the works contract for the construction of 22 single-family houses in the Santa Clara neighbourhood in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, in an investment of about 4 million Euros (3,947,334.33 €) financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). At the signing of the consignment agreement, followed by the laying of the foundation stone, the government official noted that this work "goes far beyond the construction of buildings." It represents "an investment with a social component, guaranteeing Azorean families access to decent, safe and affordable housing." "Here, in Santa Clara, we are building people's future. A future with dignity, stability and security," she stressed. With a completion period of 420 days, this works contract includes the construction of 18 three-bedroom houses, with a construction area of 97.3 m², and four four-bedroom houses, with a construction area of 112.7 m². These houses will be two-storey single-family houses. According to Maria João Carreiro, the new houses will be made available, through public tender procedures, under a lease with a purchase option scheme. The respective regulations were recently approved by the Government Council under which 93 housing units are expected to be made available by the end of this year, representing an investment of 13.5 million Euros. "Housing is a transformative public policy. It is with practical action and a vision of the future that the Regional Government is ensuring that no one is left behind," she said. The government official explained that the investment in the lease with a purchase option scheme falls within a "broader regional strategy to respond to housing needs, based on the housing renovation and construction, the transfer of plots under the self-build scheme or even the increase in rental support, for example." In 2023, the Regional Government invested about 465 thousand Euros in the implementation of the urban infrastructures for the Santa Clara neighbourhood, creating the necessary conditions for the beginning of the work that has now been awarded. The signing ceremony and the laying of the foundation stone were attended by, among other guests, the President of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Assembly, Claúdio Almeida, the Deputy Mayor of Ponta Delgada, Pedro Furtado, the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão, and the representative of the company Caetano & Medeiros - Sociedade de Construção e Imobiliária, Lda., Luís Medeiros.