Lisbon Chamber approves PS motion that calls for a deadline for local accommodation licenses – Turismo & Lazer
The Lisbon Chamber entitled to a license to the Assembly of the PS fair, to call for an amendment to the accommodation regime of the local Republic, based on “a time limit”.
In the Chamber of the Chamber, the motion of the councilors of the councilors of the social meeting had the proposal to present the new members of the local accommodation, with the proposal to present the new members of the local accommodation in 15 members, it was presented with the votes against the seven members approved from the PSD public meeting. /CDS-PP Governance without absolute majority — and the votes in favor of the forces that make up the municipal executive, two from PCP, one from BE, one from Livre do Cidadãos by Lisbon (elected by the PS/Livre coalition).
In the presentation of the motion, councilor PS Inês Drummond explained that the idea is appealing for the review of the Legal Regime for the Exploration of Local Accommodation Establishments (RJEEAL) to “establish a time limit on the titles of exploration of local accommodation, where it has created – retention zones or future. This period, secondly, must take into account the consideration carried out, according to the proportionality of the determination criteria, including the definition of determination criteria, including, according to the determination of the inclusion rules.
Inês Drummond said that in the city of Lisbon, according to data from November 2021, “the weight of local accommodation in relation to classic accommodation is 7.1%, rising, for example, in the parishes of Santa Maria Maior and Misericórdia, respectively , to 52% and 39%”, which means that, in these territories, one in two and two in five homes are currently operated in local accommodation.
“The Investor Registry in Local Accommodation is a property that is subtracted from the ‘stock’ of permanent housing”, stressed the PS councilor, taking into account the regularization of local accommodation is a fundamental instrument in public housing policies.
Regarding the period to be applied, which is not recommended in the temporal motion, the socialist stated that it should not be two or three months, but “four, five, 10 years, which is considered balanced”.
The mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas (PSD), spoke out against the PS motion and warned that “instead of giving power to the chamber, it is giving power to the Government”, recalling that the municipal executive is working in the definition of the current Municipal work on Local Accommodation, and defended that one should wait for the conclusion of this work, which will be presented “within the ‘timings'”, because it is a “priority”.
Carlos Moas also highlighted the importance of the accommodation sector, which “represents half of overnight stays in tourism”, receiving or the term of city licenses can “have very negative effects on the economy” and create more bureaucracy in the functioning of this economic activity.
Before the vote, the PS councilor stressed that the motion would be an opportunity for the mayor to “make an unequivocal demonstration of the balance he defends in the city, whether it is propagandist or substantive, but the social democrat reinforced the nature” idea of that “it makes no sense to give a leave of absence for a period of time”, noting that “local accommodation has to help the city and not remove housing from the city”.
The very councilor João Ferreira said that “the housing problem goes beyond the local accommodation budget”, justifying the “hotel licensing policy” and defending that the “most useful” is one of the current occupation of properties in the city, as he considers that the covid-19 pandemic led to dropouts in tourist activity.
On the part of BE, Ricardo Moreira recalled that it was necessary for the PS to have a majority in the Chamber of BE, in the regulation of the absolute local, referring to the mandatory previous accommodation 2017-2021, in which the socialists governed the city in an agreement with the and reiterated that this activity of tourist accommodation continues to be “one of the main problems access to housing”, suggesting a proposal that “would be an earthquake”: all eliminate licenses to make a tender for licenses of exploration licenses guaranteeing compliance with the ratio.
In this city councilors of the proposal to hire the city, by two, with votes against the PSD/CDS leadership – the times of new registrations of local accommodation, which applies in 15 of the 24 frequencies of the leadership, for a total period of 12 months until the entry into force of the amendment to the municipal regulation of this activity.
The measurement applies to a number of residences equal to or greater than %, current or that will verify the course of the suspension.