The Government extended until 23:59 pm on December 13th, Wednesday, the deadline for local accommodation owners to submit proof of activity, which ended last night, after the constraints registered on the internet platform for registration.
The Ministry of Housing explains that the extension of the deadline is due to the “high influx registered in recent days” on the RNAL platform – National Register of Local Accommodation, which caused “some constraints on access”.
The Government had already admitted these constraints last Wednesday, with a source from the Ministry of Economy guaranteeing at the time that the portal “is not, nor has it ever been, down”.
The Local Accommodation Association in Portugal (ALEP) had reported on Monday “technical problems” in the system for delivering proof of activity.
According to the ALEP statement, when the owners tried to submit the documentation they were faced with an error message: “An error occurred in communication with the external entity. Please start a new process.”
“This setback is putting compliance with the deadline at risk and could result in the automatic cancellation of licenses, directly harming the community of Local Accommodation owners”, highlighted, at the time, the association that represents the sector, referring to the established deadline December 07th.
ALEP also pointed out the “careless way in which this obligation was conceived”, considering that “it proves that the Mais Habitação para o Alojamento Local measures were carried out without knowledge of the reality of the sector and without dialogue, creating situations in which the continuity of many operators is put at risk unnecessarily.”
Law No. 56/2023, of October 06, approved measures in the field of housing, making several legislative changes.
One of the articles of the diploma determines that, “within two months counting from the date of entry into force” of the law, “holders of local accommodation registration are obliged to provide proof, by presenting a contribution declaration, of maintaining the activity of operation, communicating exercise effectiveness on the RNAL platform – National Register of Local Accommodation, through the Balcão Único Eletrônico”.
Mais Habitação provides, among others, measures such as the forced rental of houses that have been vacant for more than two years, exemption from taxation on capital gains for owners who sell houses to the State, the end of new 'gold' visas, tax exemptions for owners who remove their houses from local accommodation by the end of 2024, an extraordinary contribution in AL and the suspension of the registration of new local accommodation outside low-density territories (located mainly in the interior).
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