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Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
Public tender for allocation of 23 apartments in Foros Sol Mar opens on January 5
Public tender for allocation of 23 apartments in Foros Sol Mar opens on January 5
Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
Maria João Carreiro reiterates Regional Government's willingness to cooperate with local authorities on Local Housing Strategies
Maria João Carreiro reiterates Regional Government's willingness to cooperate with local authorities on Local Housing Strategies
Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Habitação e Emprego
More than 380 young people already benefiting from “Azores Book Voucher” scheme
More than 380 young people already benefiting from “Azores Book Voucher” scheme
December 22, 2025
Public tender for allocation of 23 apartments in Foros Sol Mar opens on January 5
December 18, 2025
Maria João Carreiro reiterates Regional Government's willingness to cooperate with local authorities on Local Housing Strategies
December 15, 2025
More than 380 young people already benefiting from “Azores Book Voucher” scheme
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Nota de Imprensa
December 22, 2025
Public tender for allocation of 23 apartments in Foros Sol Mar opens on January 5
The Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, announced, through an Order published today in the Official Journal, the opening of a public tender for the allocation of 23 new apartments in the Foros Sol Mar housing development, municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, on January 5, 2026. Interested parties must submit their applications between January 5 and February 4, 2026. Applications must be submitted by completing the appropriate form, available on the Regional Directorate for Housing (DRH) website at https://portal.azores.gov.pt/web/drh/concursos, accompanied by the documents listed in Article 7 of the Regulations on the Lease with Purchase Option Scheme, and delivered in one of the following formats: DRH Services, located at Rua Dr. João Francisco de Sousa, no. 30, 9500-187 Ponta Delgada; RIAC - Integrated Citizen Support Network Offices; Registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Regional Housing Directorate, located at Rua Dr. João Francisco de Sousa, n.º 30, 9500-187 Ponta Delgada; DRH email address - [email protected]. The Regulations, which contain all the information about the procedures and conditions for accessing and allocating housing, are available for consultation on the DRH website. The 23 apartments include 4 one-bedroom apartments, 9 two-bedroom apartments and 10 three-bedroom apartments. They are located on Rua do Relvão, in the parish of São Pedro, and are intended for permanent residence. They will be allocated on a lease with purchase scheme. The purchase option can only be exercised by the tenant one year after signing the lease agreement. This works contract was awarded for €2.1 million, plus VAT at the legal rate in force, financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan. Any requests for clarification on the understanding and interpretation of the Regulations should be addressed to the president of the jury and submitted by the interested parties in writing to the DRH Services in Ponta Delgada. Alternatively, they should be sent to the email address [email protected] no later than January 20, 2026. Requests will be answered within a maximum of three working days from the date on which they are received.
December 22, 2025
Public tender for allocation of 23 apartments in Foros Sol Mar opens on January 5
The Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, announced, through an Order published today in the Official Journal, the opening of a public tender for the allocation of 23 new apartments in the Foros Sol Mar housing development, municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, on January 5, 2026. Interested parties must submit their applications between January 5 and February 4, 2026. Applications must be submitted by completing the appropriate form, available on the Regional Directorate for Housing (DRH) website at https://portal.azores.gov.pt/web/drh/concursos, accompanied by the documents listed in Article 7 of the Regulations on the Lease with Purchase Option Scheme, and delivered in one of the following formats: DRH Services, located at Rua Dr. João Francisco de Sousa, no. 30, 9500-187 Ponta Delgada; RIAC - Integrated Citizen Support Network Offices; Registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Regional Housing Directorate, located at Rua Dr. João Francisco de Sousa, n.º 30, 9500-187 Ponta Delgada; DRH email address - [email protected]. The Regulations, which contain all the information about the procedures and conditions for accessing and allocating housing, are available for consultation on the DRH website. The 23 apartments include 4 one-bedroom apartments, 9 two-bedroom apartments and 10 three-bedroom apartments. They are located on Rua do Relvão, in the parish of São Pedro, and are intended for permanent residence. They will be allocated on a lease with purchase scheme. The purchase option can only be exercised by the tenant one year after signing the lease agreement. This works contract was awarded for €2.1 million, plus VAT at the legal rate in force, financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan. Any requests for clarification on the understanding and interpretation of the Regulations should be addressed to the president of the jury and submitted by the interested parties in writing to the DRH Services in Ponta Delgada. Alternatively, they should be sent to the email address [email protected] no later than January 20, 2026. Requests will be answered within a maximum of three working days from the date on which they are received.
Nota de Imprensa
December 18, 2025
Maria João Carreiro reiterates Regional Government's willingness to cooperate with local authorities on Local Housing Strategies
The Azorean Government is willing to contribute to the construction of new housing solutions identified in the Local Housing Strategies of Regional Municipalities that are not financed within the Recovery and Resilience Plan under the 1st Right programme of the Institute for Housing and Urban Rehabilitation-IHRU. This assurance was reiterated by the Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, during a meeting in Ponta Delgada with the newly elected President of the Board of Directors of AMRAA - Association of Municipalities of the Azores, Carlos Ferreira, which was also attended by the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão. A survey of new housing solutions, construction and renovations identified in the Local Housing Strategies of the 19 Azorean municipalities, which are excluded from RRP funding, has already been requested from local authorities via AMRAA. It is expected that this survey will be delivered to the Regional Government via AMRAA by the end of January next year. "After this differentiated survey, per municipality, of local construction and renovation needs excluded from the RRP, an analysis will follow to determine the specific amounts of co-financing by the Region, taking into consideration the progress of existing projects and their planned implementation," she explained. Maria João Carreiro noted that this willingness to cooperate with local authorities in responding to local housing needs is part of the work already being conducted by the Regional Government to plan public intervention for the post-PRR period in housing and the required increase in the Region's public housing stock. As the Regional Secretary announced on November 18, during a visit to monitor the Detráz os Mosteiros housing development in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, all RRP procedures for the construction, renovation and servicing of plots for transfer have already been launched, with an overall investment of €65 million. Overall, 150 public tender procedures were launched for projects, project reviews, construction contracts, supervision of housing construction and renovation, and servicing of plots. This has resulted in a total of 767 housing responses already completed, in progress, or to be completed by 2026. "Responsible governance that generates confidence is governance that does not waste and knows how to make use of the financial resources available to respond, by increasing the supply of housing, to a crisis in housing supply arising from years of disinvestment by socialist governments in the construction of new housing solutions," stated the government official at the time. In the Programme of the XIV Government of the Azores, the PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition committed to providing two thousand housing solutions for Azorean families, covering the middle class, young people and households with socio-economic vulnerabilities, over a period of ten years.
December 18, 2025
Maria João Carreiro reiterates Regional Government's willingness to cooperate with local authorities on Local Housing Strategies
The Azorean Government is willing to contribute to the construction of new housing solutions identified in the Local Housing Strategies of Regional Municipalities that are not financed within the Recovery and Resilience Plan under the 1st Right programme of the Institute for Housing and Urban Rehabilitation-IHRU. This assurance was reiterated by the Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro, during a meeting in Ponta Delgada with the newly elected President of the Board of Directors of AMRAA - Association of Municipalities of the Azores, Carlos Ferreira, which was also attended by the Regional Director for Housing, Daniel Pavão. A survey of new housing solutions, construction and renovations identified in the Local Housing Strategies of the 19 Azorean municipalities, which are excluded from RRP funding, has already been requested from local authorities via AMRAA. It is expected that this survey will be delivered to the Regional Government via AMRAA by the end of January next year. "After this differentiated survey, per municipality, of local construction and renovation needs excluded from the RRP, an analysis will follow to determine the specific amounts of co-financing by the Region, taking into consideration the progress of existing projects and their planned implementation," she explained. Maria João Carreiro noted that this willingness to cooperate with local authorities in responding to local housing needs is part of the work already being conducted by the Regional Government to plan public intervention for the post-PRR period in housing and the required increase in the Region's public housing stock. As the Regional Secretary announced on November 18, during a visit to monitor the Detráz os Mosteiros housing development in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, all RRP procedures for the construction, renovation and servicing of plots for transfer have already been launched, with an overall investment of €65 million. Overall, 150 public tender procedures were launched for projects, project reviews, construction contracts, supervision of housing construction and renovation, and servicing of plots. This has resulted in a total of 767 housing responses already completed, in progress, or to be completed by 2026. "Responsible governance that generates confidence is governance that does not waste and knows how to make use of the financial resources available to respond, by increasing the supply of housing, to a crisis in housing supply arising from years of disinvestment by socialist governments in the construction of new housing solutions," stated the government official at the time. In the Programme of the XIV Government of the Azores, the PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition committed to providing two thousand housing solutions for Azorean families, covering the middle class, young people and households with socio-economic vulnerabilities, over a period of ten years.
