Government of the Azores registers over 1,500 applications under Lease Incentives
The Families with Future programme registered 1,582 applications under the Lease Incentive scheme, including 564 new applications: 449 applications submitted for the first time and 115 applications submitted for a second period of support, after benefiting from 60 monthly grants.
The remaining 928 correspond to renewals of current applications.
Among the families supported, more than 45% are young families, 30% single-parent families and 12% are young single-parent families.
More than 50% of housing support allocated under this measure is directed to homes located in urban villages of Azorean cities and towns.
The amount of support can reach 70% of the maximum amount of authorised lease in accordance with the socio-economic characteristics of each family.
Under this programme, the Regional Government has increased the support for rented property on the so-called "cohesion islands" as well as for single-parent families, families with children and families disabled members.
The recent amendment to the rules of the Families with Future programme - Lease Incentive scheme has provided families who have reached the fiver-year limit with the possibility to extend their applications for a new application period.