Government approves new rules to unlock undivided inheritances

The Government approved a decree-law changing the regime for undivided inheritances, according to an announcement by Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro. The measure aims to resolve deadlocks that leave homes and land unused for years, allowing a single heir to request the sale of a property that forms part of an undivided inheritance, even without agreement from the other heirs.

The new regime protects the family home and situations of greater vulnerability, according to available information. The Government considers it to have taken an important step in bringing more homes onto the housing market.

The Minister of the Presidency accused the Socialist Party of failing to take responsibility for its legacy in the area of housing, according to reporting.

Parliamentary debates are also taking place on the implementation of housing programmes funded by European funds. Pedro Dominguinhos, president of the National Monitoring Commission for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), revealed in Parliament that he did not know the exact number of new homes, rehabilitated homes or homes acquired with money from Brussels through the housing component of the programme.

The Government, for its part, states it has carried out more than 30,000 housing interventions under the PRR. According to government data, rehabilitation represented a larger share of programme execution than the construction of new homes in this area.

The difficulty in pinpointing execution figures contrasts with the values the Government presents publicly, revealing gaps in the monitoring of a programme that mobilises significant community funds to address housing needs.