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Funchal's local government has approved the urgent expropriation of a property on Rua da Infância to combat urban decay and create new housing units and services.
Funchal City Council has decided, through Resolution no. 8/2026, to proceed with the urgent expropriation of the property located at Rua da Infância, nos. 34 and 36, in the parish of Santa Maria Maior. This decision is part of the Systematic Urban Rehabilitation Operation (ORU) of Funchal's Historic Center, aiming to redevelop a building that has been abandoned for about 17 years.
The rehabilitation and expansion project, budgeted at 3 million euros, provides for the creation of:
The indemnity value set for the expropriation is €2,800,000.00. The property, registered under article no. 6154, is currently registered in favor of the company Partilha Sucesso - Investimentos Imobiliários, S.A., and is subject to various liens, including attachments by the National Treasury and a seizure.
Given the existence of a dispute over the property's ownership (Case no. 635/10.3TCFUN), the local authority has identified the following entities and citizens as expropriated parties and/or apparent interested parties: Partilha Sucesso - Investimentos Imobiliários, S.A., Maria Goretti Neto de Aveiro, Sandra Mariza de Aveiro, André Lourenço de Aveiro, Alen Luís de Aveiro, Michael Gouveia Vieira Cardoso, Albertina Úrsula de Gouveia Cardoso, Eduardo Gouveia Cardoso, Maxine Lauren Cardoso (married to Rudolph Potgieter), Tamlin Demi Cardoso, and AT-RAM (Tax Authority and Fiscal Affairs of RAM).
Occupational therapist Maria Micaela Sousa Baltazar has been appointed, on an interim basis, to head the Department of Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities at the ISSM, IP-RAM.
A competitive procedure has been opened to fill the position of Director of Tourism Enterprises and Activities Services, with applications open for ten working days.
The Madeira Tax Authority has opened applications for a training course for Heads of Finance Service and Deputies, aimed at workers in special careers.