The Regional Directorate for Housing has made changes to its portal with the aim of simplifying applications for the "Renovated Home, Inhabited Home" programme as well as for ongoing public tenders whose application period is taking place during the month of April.

With these changes, applications can be submitted electronically with documentation that can be obtained on the Internet, without the need for applicants to go to other services to obtain the necessary documentation for the submission of applications.

Applicants can access the support programmes and applications on the Regional Directorate for Housing portal, where they can download forms, fill in and send them by email to the Regional Directorate, attaching the remaining documentation required at this stage, which can be obtained electronically without leaving home.

The simplification of applications allows the submission of the minimum documentation required in a first phase, which is essential for the beginning of the process and the analysis of applications submitted by this means.

This new simplified procedure for the submission of applications will be made public to municipalities and Private Social Solidarity Institutions in the Region, seeing that these entities are often requested by families to provide assistance with these matters.

At a time when the confinement of families is essential, the Government provides applications with the possibility of submitting applications without having to leave home at the address http://www.azores.gov.pt/Portal/pt/entidades/srss-drh/textoImagem/Apoios+a+Habita%E7%E3o.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic for housing support programmes and at the address http://www.azores.gov.pt/Portal/pt/entidades/srss-drh/textoImagem/Concursos.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic for public tenders.