Tipo de Publicação: Comunicação

Alves, Sónia e Veludo, Ricardo (2014). “The importance of Housing in Portugal in the Age of Austerity”, The Welfare State in Portugal in the Age of Austerity, pp. 1-26, Lisbon: ISEG.

In the analysis of the negative externalities associated with the evolution of the Portuguese housing market, marked by a focus on quantity vs quality, urban sprawl vs re-qualification, we emphasize issues of loss of environmental assets, the indebtedness of Portuguese families, and high levels of underused and vacant dwellings.