Urban Regeneration, Rent Regulation and the Private Rental Sector in Portugal: A Case Study on Inner-City Lisbon’s Social Sustainability

Alves, Sónia, Alda Botelho Azevedo, Luís Mendes, and Katielle Silva. 2023. “Urban Regeneration, Rent Regulation and the Private Rental Sector in Portugal: A Case Study on Inner-City Lisbon’s Social Sustainability” Land 12, no. 8: 1644. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081644

This paper investigates how different regimes of rent regulation — in relation to rent levels, rent increases, security of tenure, etc.— have affected the quality, social composition and, ultimately, the size of the private rented sector and urban regeneration and renewal in Portugal.