More than 20,000 new homes were delivered under Portugal's tax exemption scheme for first homes.

Omissions

• The ~20,000 homes figure belongs to Portugal's public housing programme (1.º Direito / PRR), not to the first-home tax exemption scheme; the two measures are distinct policies.
• The first-home tax exemption scheme (IMT/IS exemption for under-35s) had by 2025-2026 supported more than 77,000 young buyers, a figure far larger than 20,000 but referring to purchases, not new homes delivered.
• Portuguese sources distinguish between homes 'concluded' (concluídas, ~20,000 targeted by end-2025) and homes actually 'delivered to families' (entregues às famílias), with one source reporting only around 2,000 handed over to families and another reporting about 11,000 delivered by mid-2025 — so the 20,000 figure was in part a government target rather than a completed delivery count.
• The exact wording 'more than 20,000' as a lower bound cannot be strictly verified: available figures point to ~20,000 homes as a government goal for end-2025 rather than a confirmed total delivered.
• No primary statistical source (INE, Eurostat) was found that publishes a 'homes delivered under the first-home tax exemption' metric, because such a metric does not exist.

Sources

• PrimaryRepública Portuguesa (Governo) — portugal.gov.ptA isenção do IMT e IS aplica-se aos jovens até aos 35 anos, na compra da primeira habitação permanente, para imóveis até aos 330.539 euros. (The IMT/stamp-duty exemption for first homes supported more than 77,000 young people.)
• Secondaryidealista.ptEstão em curso empreitadas que permitirão disponibilizar cerca de 20 mil habitações até ao final de 2025, deixando as restantes para o primeiro... (Works in progress will make around 20,000 dwellings available by the end of 2025.)
• SecondaryDiário de Notícias (dn.pt)O governo acredita que chegará ao fim do ano com 20 mil imóveis do 1º Direito concluídos. (The government believes it will end the year with 20,000 completed dwellings under the 1.º Direito programme.)
• SecondaryExpressoEntretanto, em julho deste ano, a entrega de chaves aumentou e contabilizavam-se cerca de 11 mil entregues, com a promessa que seriam 20 mil até... (By July 2025 about 11,000 had been delivered, with a promise of 20,000.)
• SecondaryJornal de Negócios...20 mil casas concluídas e apenas duas mil foram entregues a famílias (...20,000 homes completed but only two thousand were delivered to families).