Right to housing: Thousands of people demonstrated across the country

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Right to housing: Thousands of people demonstrated across the country

Initiative promoted this Saturday by the 'Casa Para Viver' platform in sixteen cities across the country, including autonomous regions. The manifesto calling for the protests was signed by nearly a hundred organisations.

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Casa Para Viver is a Portuguese housing campaign platform that organises protests and actions about housing affordability; it announced a national protest for March 21 in Lisbon against current government housing policies. Residents and renters should note its events because they highlight public pressure on rent and price controls and can influence local policy debate.

Portugal’s house prices have risen faster than the EU average since 2020, and recent reports list Portugal among the countries with the largest price increases over that period. That stronger price growth has worsened affordability in Lisbon and Porto in particular, so prospective buyers and renters should check local indices and mortgage costs before deciding.

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