Among the areas to undergo facelifts are Vila da Bela Vista (Beato), Pátio Paulo Jorge (Belém) and Vila Romão da Silva (Campolide).
Councillor for Housing and Local Development Paula Marques said work on, at least, these three projects will start next year.
The council said it also foresees interventions in São Vicente, Marvila, Ajuda and Alcântara.
The objective, Councillor Marques explained, is to preserve the historical memory of the locales and transform them into “accessible habitation” for youngsters.
Lisbon council will renovate 34 social estates and their yards, not all of which belong to the municipality and some of which are, according to the Councillor, “in a very advanced state of degradation and which will be demolished, and the public areas given back to the local population.”
With this project, the council aims not only to preserve the historic identity of the areas, but to attract new residents.
The new dwellings will be aimed essentially at being accessible to young adults, on the condition they are willing to live alongside existing elderly tenants.
The overall idea, Paula Marques explained, is for the areas to accommodate various generations and become “an intergenerational” concept.
Regarding the rehabilitation process, Councillor Marques guaranteed that the council will not jeopardise “the preservation of the historical memory of this type of construction.”
“After all, we are talking about a type of housing that is part of the urban fabric of Lisbon and collective cultural references of its neighbourhoods.”