The Loulé City Council has launched three market consultations to increase the supply of public housing in the municipality. The local authority is looking for land to build more than 50 houses, ready-to-live-in properties, and owners willing to rent out homes that can then be sublet to families with difficulties in accessing housing.

The initiative is part of the Local Housing Strategy 2019-2032 and focuses on different ways to strengthen the municipal housing stock.

According to the regional newspaper Sul Informação, in one of the consultations, the municipality wants to identify land or plots with capacity for more than 50 units. In parallel, it intends to buy houses scattered throughout the municipality that are in immediate habitable condition, reducing the waiting time associated with the construction of new developments.

The third consultation aims to find private owners interested in renting houses to the City Council for a minimum period of five years. These properties could then be sublet to individuals or families who cannot access the market.

"The local authority considers that this solution will allow the use of available houses in the private market to increase the housing supply, without depending solely on the construction or acquisition of properties," reads the publication. Those interested in selling land or properties to the City Council have until November 24 to submit proposals, while the deadline for the rental procedure ends on November 22.

The municipality recalls that it has already delivered 171 homes since the beginning of Telmo Pinto's term and states that it is working on about a thousand housing solutions, including ongoing works, projects in development, and interventions in planning.