According to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, 1,200 homes will be delivered in July, and 8,000 are expected to be delivered by December.

In a statement, the ministry reaffirms that the goal set under the RRP, to deliver 26,000 homes to families by June 2026, through the 1º Direito - Programa de Apoio ao Acesso à Habitação, will be met.

The 1,200 homes to be delivered in July are spread across the municipalities of Alcácer do Sal, Anadia, Lisbon, Moita, Tábua, Melgaço, and Funchal (Madeira). The 1º Direito program was integrated into the PRR in 2021, and a target of 26,000 homes was set to be delivered to families experiencing housing indignity by 2026.

Delays in implementing the program and the insufficient number of homes to meet the housing needs identified led to its reformulation last year, at the initiative of the Luis Montenegro government, with changes to the number of projects and funding sources to ensure that all applications received guaranteed funding.

The first 26,000 homes must be completed by 2026 and will continue to receive non-refundable funding, totaling €2.174 billion (PRR and State Budget). Another approximately 33,000 homes will be funded solely by the State Budget, with a budget of 2.011 million and a deadline until 2030.

According to a statement, this month in Vila Real, the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, said that the government was working to present measures in September/October of this year, addressing the findings of a study by the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU), which indicates that 250,000 homes are not on the market for sale or rental.

In the statement released, the government explains that, to accelerate the achievement of the PRR target and unlock applications for the program managed by the IHRU, "Terms of Responsibility and Acceptance were implemented with the municipalities." In the statement, the Government emphasizes that the housing shortage is not limited to the 26,000 homes planned under the RRP, adding that approximately 59,000 applications have been submitted to the 1st Right program, which will be completed by 2030.

The 1º Direito – Programa de Apoio ao Acesso à Habitação - RRP aims to guarantee decent and adequate housing for the neediest families and the most vulnerable groups, providing public housing through new construction or the renovation of existing homes.

In total, the completion of the 59,000 homes represents a global investment of €4.2 billion in public housing, of which €2.8 billion will come from the State Budget and €1.4 billion from RRP funds.

The data was released as demolition operations, contested by the Movimento Vida Justa, are underway in at least two municipalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Loures and Amadora). In Loures, operations are taking place on Talude Militar (68 houses) and in Amadora, notices were posted with a view to demolishing 16 houses on Estrada Militar (Mina de Água).