Lisbon Chamber approves PCP proposal to review Social Emergency Fund – Observer
This Wednesday, the City of Lisbon approved two proposals from the PCP for a revision of the municipal Social Emergency Fund (FES) and to “deepen the implementation” of the Municipal Program for Lease at Affordable Costs (PACA).
The two proposals were unanimously approved, with other parties and members of the municipal executive led by Carlos Moedas (PSD) expressing total agreement with the proposals of the communists.
In relation to the FES, the PCP proposal says it is necessary to evaluate the way this program has worked in its aspect of support to households, remembering that it was applied in two very different periods, before and after the pandemic, with adjustments in this second phase which resolved some of the initial constraints that made it impossible for the Parish Councils to carry out any further.
It is important to carry out an assessment of the Fund’s execution, considering the changes and scope introduced by the different regimes, in order to consider that as exceptional situations, which have become permanent, or as measures to streamline processes, are considered”, reads in the diploma presented by the communists.
In the presentation this Wednesday of the proposal at a meeting of the Chamber, Councilor João Ferreira said that the purpose of this initiative is also to ensure the coverage of expenses of the Parish Councils, which in 2021 had to respond to a need of families that exceeded transfers from the Chamber Municipality of Lisbon (CML) under the FES.
As for PACA, a communist councilor Ana Jara stated that this program, created in 2018, “needs more effective implementation”And it is“ below the forecast”, stressing that this also happens in terms of“Information of future actions”.
Thus, the PCP proposal approved this Wednesday asks that, within 180 days, a timetable be made for the rehabilitation of the dispersed municipal patrimony available throughout the city; that a timetable be also drawn up for construction projects on municipal land and that a PACA follow-up working group be created.
The communist proposal also calls for the beginning of “a process of dialogue with the city’s owners, involving entities such as the Santa Casa and Private Institutions of Social Solidarity, with a view to creation of incentives for individuals to want to participate in the PACA, placing its assets in the respective rental exchange”.
The councilor responsible for Housing, Filipa Roseta (PSD), stated that these proposals relating to the PACA are in line with the decision of the municipal executive of reactivate the Municipal Housing Council, within which the Municipal Housing Charter will be drawn up.
Filipa Roseta believes that the Municipal Housing Council can play the role of the working group proposed by the communists, not least because it will have “all the partners sitting at the table”.