Sorteio para Atribuição de 36 Habitações

Overview

The video records a public lottery (“sorteio”) held in Olé to assign 36 affordable rental homes under tender notice 1225. The draw is presented as a transparent act carried out in accordance with the local housing strategy 2019–2032 and the municipal housing-right regulation (Regulation 1131/2020). Most dwellings are financed through Portugal’s PR Recovery and Resilience program.

Main points from the mayor’s remarks (Témo Pinto)

• The mayor frames the housing draw as part of a broader municipal effort to address residents’ problems and deliver homes, stressing the importance of having a secure roof, dignity, and an address for families.
• He highlights progress in the municipality’s housing stock—growing from 280 housing units in 2019 to over 500 solutions at the time of the event—while emphasizing that significant need remains.
• The process is described as equal and transparent, with the claim that all draws follow the same method and that “priority” depends on household characteristics, not merely who is “first in line.”
• He also announces parallel measures to improve support for high rent costs, including expanding rent support, aiming to assist hundreds of people while they wait for a home.

How the company explains the draw (Rui Guerreiro)

• The event is described as being broadcast via YouTube, recorded, and conducted using a method similar to a prior lottery (tender notice 22004).
• The 36 units include:
  • 13 one-bedroom (T1)
  • 9 two-bedroom (T2)
  • 3 three-bedroom (T3)
  • 1 four-bedroom (T4)
• Location split:
  • 34 units in/around Olé (notably Vale de Ramos)
  • 2 units in Quarteira
• There are 285 eligible applications included in the draw.

Priority rules (what determines eligibility order)

The lottery is divided into six priority levels based on criteria such as:

1. Teachers and security-force professionals (per the cited law).
2. Households where an adult is 35 or younger, and all adults have lived in Olé for at least 4 years.
3. Households with proven residence in Olé for at least 4 years (for all adults).
4. Households with residence in Olé for at least 2 years.
5. Additional residence-based criteria continuing the residency prioritization logic.
6. Non-residents of Olé.

Although the transcript is noisy, the central idea is that the draw’s ordering follows these pre-defined, publicly known prioritization categories.

Jury composition and draw mechanics

• A jury oversees the draw and ensures compliance with privacy rules: applications are identified by numbers only.
• The process uses:
  • One ballot box with envelopes for dwellings
  • Separate boxes grouping applications by housing typology
• Substitutes/alternates are selected in the early priority phases in case selected candidates are excluded or withdraw. In later phases, alternates are only used if needed.
• After selecting effective candidates, the jury performs a public verification step by showing that all non-selected applications were included.

Outcome and process duration

• The draw allocated all 36 dwellings across the priority phases, including effective selections plus alternate candidates.
• The full process took about two hours.
• The event ended with thanks to participants, municipal bodies, the jury, and the technical secretariat.

Presenters / contributors

• Témo Pinto (Mayor of Olé)
• Rui Guerreiro (Chairman of the Board of Directors, LOLé / Companhia Municipal “LOLé Global Conselho”)
• Júlio Sousa (Municipal Director of Environment and Sustainable Development)
• Marelin Tomás (First Secretary of the Municipal Assembly of Olé)
• Hélder Faísca (Social Democratic Party bench, Municipal Assembly)
• Ana Paula Neto (Socialist Party bench, Municipal Assembly)
• Sanda Castro (Chega bench, Municipal Assembly)
• João Apolónia (Liberal Initiative bench, Municipal Assembly)
• Isilo Guerreiro (Social Democratic Center / Partido Popular bench, Municipal Assembly)
• Abili Sousa (Todos pelo Michel bench, Municipal Assembly)