Sao Vicente
Câmara Municipal de São Vicente expands its public land programme for social housing
The council has announced the allocation of new public land plots on the outskirts of Mindelo for low-income families.
Cape Verde
Brava
70% of homes in Nova Sintra stay closed for most of the year, property portals say
In the capital of Cape Verde's smallest and least populated island, most family homes are only opened for a few weeks a year.
Sao Nicolau
Ribeira Brava's young people give up on buying a first home amid an almost non-existent supply
Access to a first home is a nearly insurmountable hurdle in a market with barely any small flats or houses for sale.
Santo Antao
Housing shortage for seasonal farm workers and rural tourism staff in Santo Antão
The simultaneous growth in agricultural demand in Paúl and hiking tourism is running up against a shortage of housing for workers.
Sao Vicente
Port and Cabnave workers decry lack of affordable housing near Mindelo
Employees of the port and the Cabnave shipyard warn of the difficulty in finding affordable rental housing near their workplace.
Santiago
Cidade Velha begins a new phase of restoration for its World Heritage colonial old town
Cultural authorities are pushing forward conservation work in the historic centre, the first European city built in the tropics.
Sao Vicente
Young people in Mindelo drifting further from buying their first home
Access to a first home is becoming harder in outlying neighbourhoods, where wages are failing to keep pace with rising land prices.
Brava
Brava Could Lose a Large Share of Its Resident Population Within a Decade, Say Real Estate Sources
Cape Verde's smallest and most depopulated island has seen decades of continuous demographic decline.
Maio
Vila do Maio's property market remains all but frozen despite the untapped tourist potential of its beaches
Although it has some of the most unspoilt beaches in Cape Verde, the capital of the island of Maio records almost no housing transactions.
Santo Antao
Porto Novo's young people, caught between low wages and scarce urban land for a first home
Getting onto the property ladder in Porto Novo, the capital of Santo Antão, has become a major obstacle for under-35s.
Maio
Vila do Maio restores a handful of traditional houses tied to the old salt industry
Several colonial-fronted houses linked to the island's salt-exporting past are being restored by private owners and small investors.
Boa Vista
The gap between coastal villas and seasonal workers' shacks widens in Boa Vista
Just a few kilometres from the luxury villas, hundreds of workers live in precarious housing near the port of Sal Rei.