Answer given by Ms Ferreira on behalf of the European Commission
(6 April 2020)
EU support to public housing rehabilitation is available from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or the Cohesion Fund. Under the shared management mode applicable to EU structural funds, Member States are responsible for the programming and the selection of projects, as well as of monitoring their implementation, via their management and control systems.
The Portuguese authorities have informed the Commission that the 2014-2020 “NORTE2020 Operational Programme” have supported so far seven projects related to the specific objectives (1) in question with a total amount of EUR 13.6 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). None of these projects is located in the Viso neighbourhood. There are also five projects still ongoing calls related to public housing rehabilitation in the Norte region, which will potentially benefit from ERDF funding of EUR 95.5 million.
For additional information concerning the investment plans on this matter, the Commission would suggest that the Honourable Member contact directly the Portuguese authorities in charge of managing the programme (2) concerned to get further information if needed.
⋅1∙ NORTE2020 Operational Programme Specific Objectives 3.2.2 and 5.3.1
⋅2∙ NORTE2020 — Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
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