Lisbon and the local dump – Opinion
Cities were not judged by the prevalence of Airbnbs all decorated the same (you can measure the viola that hangs on the wall at all Airbnbs) in the bag. In areas where registration of new local accommodation was prohibited, house prices fell by 9%. Within the universe of people who are already impressed by the controlled experience in Lisbon, no one is left with the conclusion that local accommodation people will be surprised by the unaffordable property prices. This is something interesting for anyone in the Chamber who must have (been) been to anyone who lives in the city for more than a small bnb’ ” means bed and breakfast and I, having been to several, have never even been awarded with a half-toast and a gallon).
It is true that unregulated local accommodation is not the only factor that makes it impossible for the middle class to inhabit a city: added to it the insignificance of a public housing stock and visas gold that turned Lisbon into a themed amusement park, like Charlie and the Luxury Real Estate Factory. But what the effect of this measure is that the public policy of regulation — experimented in several cities in Europe far from being dens of socialism — works in the fight against speculation. On the other hand, the fact that the houses in Bairro Alto have been reduced to affordable housing does not solve the problem for anyone, except for those who enjoy going to bed at five in the morning and waking up to the sweet scent of regurgitation. The measure to restrict local housing, taken by the executive Medina, was necessary, but developments such as the commitment to the promise of 6,000 affordable housing homes sabotaged the solution to the structural problem.
There may, however, be a ray of hope for the future. For those who want to transform a T0 in Alfama into a mini-hotel, of course. The current mayor, Carlos Moas, regretted that the left-wing majority suspended the new local accommodations in certain areas, claiming that it is the neighborhood that is at stake “the freedom to undertake”. In a world where the average salary is not enough to rent a decent home, it makes perfect sense that the inalienable right to entrepreneurship arrives as an eminent city. We say that someone is apparently convinced that the capital’s mobility problems are solved by removing a bike lane — that is, the president, who is clearly with jet lag of hiring. But there it is, it will not be surprising that in a while they will come to realize that, after all, Carlos Moedas’ career in national tourism policy is not tourism.