The Coimbra City Council is negotiating with the state real estate management company, Estamo, to acquire the former Lancers Squadron barracks. The municipality aims to convert the space into affordable housing, though no formal agreement or timeline for development has been established.
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Mário Centeno proposed that developers be required to dedicate 20% to 25% of all new housing projects to affordable housing as a condition for licensing. He also criticized the government's recent IRS tax cut announcement, arguing that only 400 million euros of the 1.4 billion euros in tax retention savings are actual tax rate reductions, with the remainder likely to be reclaimed by the state in future liquidations.
Participants in the 'Acampada de Lisboa' movement voted to bring tents to a protest scheduled for Tuesday 27 October in front of the Assembleia da República. The demonstration is organised by the 'Casa para Viver' platform to protest the 2027 State Budget and demand accountability for recent police actions; whether protesters will stay overnight remains an open question to be decided on-site.
Legal experts suggest that an urgent injunction filed on Tuesday, 20 October, to protect the right to assembly during housing protests should have compelled authorities to exercise restraint. While the court's admission of the injunction on Thursday, 22 October, does not legally suspend police powers to act, experts argue it created a duty of prudence given the ongoing judicial review regarding the constitutionality of restricting demonstrations.