It is with this change that the Socialist Party aims to ensure that the proposal it initially submitted, which gave condominiums the power to authorise or not a property to be used as local lodgings (Alojamento Local), which are essentially holiday lets, is not completely dismissed.
This proposal to change the initial draft will be presented this week in Parliament and is expected to merit the support of the left. It is one of several proposals to alter projects that would change local housing legislation.
Currently, condominiums can already make a complaint to the authorities (police).
The Socialists’ proposal foresees that these proceedings be assigned to Councils so that they can be resolved in a “more pragmatic” way.