PAA
Published 8 November 2026, 22:23
Programa de Apoio ao Arrendamento — rent support programme
The former state affordable-rent programme: landlords let homes below the market rate and paid no IRS on that rent, with the contract going through IHRU, the housing institute. In all its years the programme attracted just over a thousand contracts. On 1 September 2026 it was replaced by RSAA.
Where you come across it. Old rental listings, conversations with landlords and at the town hall, news about affordable housing.
If a home is offered "under PAA", it is an old contract: new ones are now signed under RSAA, where the minimum term is three years instead of five and insurance is not compulsory.
Official website: portaldahabitacao.pt