Does Oliveira de Azeméis have an urban rehabilitation area (ARU)?

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Yes, Oliveira de Azeméis has declared urban rehabilitation areas (ARU), including the city centre, the Centro Vidreiro and Pinheiro da Bemposta. The council page has a section for each.

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Council ARU page: cm-oaz.pt/urbanismo.359/reabilitacao_urbana.1467.html
ARUs on the page: Centro da Cidade, Centro Vidreiro, Pinheiro da Bemposta
Pinheiro da Bemposta page: cm-oaz.pt/urbanismo.359/reabilitacao_urbana.1467/.a7687.html
Contact: geral@cm-oaz.pt (council general email)
Sources: cm-oaz.pt/urbanismo.359/reabilitacao_urbana.1467.html
Checked: 2026-11-05

What you get

Inside a declared ARU, national tax rules can apply to rehabilitation works: reduced VAT, IMI and IMT exemptions and an IRS deduction. The conditions are in the guide; the council decides whether the IMI exemption can be renewed for five more years.

More: What an ARU gives you

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