Virgos Groove Posted August 10 Posted August 10 Quote "We have professionals, unemployed people, tenants, homeowners, people who vote for right-wing, centrist and left-wing parties," explains Cocola-Gant. "The housing crisis and touristification in the city cut across several themes. They affect the most vulnerable but also the middle class and even the more well-off who moved to the center twenty years ago [and struggle to sustain a pleasant life among the mass of tourists and tat shops]." Quote MRH's aim has been to make the first ever use of a Portuguese law meant to help voters to have their say. It says that if enough registered residents sign a petition for a public decision on the question, the municipality must vote on holding a binding referendum. Last month, the movement announced that, over a couple years of petitioning, it had achieved the required five thousand signatures and would present them to the council in October. Quote Lisbon isn't the only part of Portugal facing strain on housing, intensified by tourist lets. The Algarve, Porto, Coimbra, Madeira, and Lisbon's satellite towns suffer similarly and the whole country has access to this petition-to-referendum mechanism thanks to its post-revolution constitution. Housing activists nationwide will be watching closely how things progress in the capital. Jacobin Let's hope they can get the referendum. The homeless situation in Lisbon is out of control. 3 2
Mean Trees Posted August 11 Posted August 11 How embarrassing that this had to be done this way. Haven't they had leftist governments in Lisbon AND Portugal in general? I thought housing is a key issue for leftists? Ridiculous.
Virgos Groove Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Mean Trees said: How embarrassing that this had to be done this way. Haven't they had leftist governments in Lisbon AND Portugal in general? I thought housing is a key issue for leftists? Ridiculous. Our Socialist Party is "leftist" in the same way Keir Starmer is. And the Lisbon mayor is right-wing Napoleonic loser who wants to turn the city into a glorified Disneyland. Edited August 11 by Virgos Groove 1 1
Gaia Posted August 11 Posted August 11 Everywhere should ban that atrocious app literally just meaning to scam people looking for a nice place for a vacation. I saw a place that looked like a literal small family home and they were rent out a bedroom for like $150 a night but with the fees and stuff it came out closer to $250 a night. Like that app and the cleaning fees and crap are absurd 1
Cloudy Posted August 11 Posted August 11 Honestly they shoulf ban them everywhere. In Spain is also out of control, just ban them completely.
Arrows Posted August 11 Posted August 11 AirBnB should be available only in people's actual homes. I rent out my place when I'm away, so about 4-6 weeks a year, which is what AirBnB was meant for.
Mezik Posted August 11 Posted August 11 Can Canada do this next? My condo is filled with European travelers who rent AirBnBs too who are rude, act entitled to everything in the building, and give all the staff who work at it an incredibly hard time when they tell these folks that our building is not a hotel. I am so over it.
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