A 35-year-old British travel writer says the government in Portugal is missing the point by targeting tourist accommodation when it announced an end to the golden visa scheme last week
The 35-year-old British travel writer could no longer afford to live in Lisbon so moved south to the Algarve and believes the government is missing the point by targeting tourist accommodation when it announced an end to theThe scheme offered EU passports to non-EU nationals in return for investments, often in property. New licences for tourism accommodation, such as Airbnbs, will also be prohibited – except in less populated rural areas.
The government will regulate rent increases, Mr Costa said, and offer tax incentives to landlords who convert tourism properties into houses for locals to rent. He said the state would rent vacant houses directly from landlords for a period of five years and put them on the rental market. It is not certain when the measures will be brought into action.Portugal introduced a digital nomad visa last October for wealthy foreigners.
Mr Clarke, who is originally from Dorset but lived in Australia before moving to Portugal, believes the Portuguese government needed to act to address the housing crisis by halting short-term tourist rentals.
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