10,000 homes a year missing in Lisbon

It is not necessary to be an economist or real estate expert to realize that access to housing in Lisbon remains prohibitive for most families and in particular for young people at the beginning of their careers, many of them with salaries just above minimum wage.

Just search any real estate website to conclude, for example, that to buy a used T2 apartment - in the 60 square meters Olivais, for € 165 thousand -, a loan of € 130 thousand would oblige to pay a monthly fee of € 500, for 30 years.

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