According to idealista, the municipal housing council will organise in partnership with the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU), on the 30th of October a public session to clarify the dynamics of the cooperative housing movement in Setúbal. The session aims to clarify the intention of opening a competition for the construction of collective housing, with affordable homes, aimed at cooperatives.

The competition envisages the construction of housing on a lot identified by the IHRU, whose financing line is being worked on by the office of the Minister of Housing, Marina Gonçalves, according to the municipality's statement.

According to the municipality, the Government presented to the municipal housing council a proposal to revive the intervention of cooperatives in housing construction, as well as support the creation of new cooperatives, through the implementation of a pilot project for the construction of 50 homes.

“The municipal housing council decided to propose to the city council that it move forward with the IHRU for this pilot project, which involves other municipalities and has a national financing line worth 250 million euros, and hold a meeting on the theme of the cooperative movement, with existing cooperatives and people interested in creating cooperatives”, the document reads.

By the end of 2026, with funding from the PRR, the local authority's Local Housing Strategy covers the construction of 1,500 public housing units with supported income and affordable income, and 160 private housing units with affordable income, the rehabilitation of more than 3,700 homes and the creation of emergency accommodation for homeless people and victims of domestic violence.