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The Lisbon City Council approved this Thursday a new regulation for tourist accommodations that further restricts this type of establishment.
The proposal, presented by the conservative coalition governing in the capital, PSD-CDS-PP-IL, led by Mayor Carlos Moedas, was approved with the votes of the two councilors of the far-right Chega party in a closed-door meeting, according to Portuguese media.
In a statement, the city council explained that this new legislation will make the proportion of tourist accommodations compared to traditional housing more restrictive in the areas of "relative and absolute containment".
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In the Portuguese capital, there are areas of absolute containment, where the opening of new tourist apartments is completely prohibited, and relative, where it is limited.
The regulation halves the proportion of tourist accommodations allowed compared to traditional residences.
Thus, in the neighborhoods classified as absolute containment, the ratio will go from over 20% to a percentage "equal to or greater than 10%" and in those of relative containment, it will have to be "equal to or greater than 5% and less than 10%".
According to the regulation that has been in force until now since November 2019, the areas of absolute containment are those that present a proportion greater than 20% of tourist accommodations compared to traditional homes, while those of relative containment present a percentage "equal to or greater than 10% and less than 20%".
CNN Portugal reported that the proposal approved today classifies as absolute containment neighborhoods those of Bom Sucesso, Belém, Ajuda, Alcântara, São Bento, São Sebastião da Pedreira, Picoas, Sapadores and Parque das Nações, while thirteen others are relative.
