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Rising rental costs are forcing many households to take in unrelated people or share accommodation with strangers to afford housing, creating overcrowding, reduced privacy and added financial stress. Reports highlight families and single parents accepting lodgers or merging households as a survival strategy amid tight supply and high rents. Tenants and those searching for rental housing should factor in increased competition and consider contract safeguards before taking on housemates.
Update: Público republishes Lusa interviews with personal testimonies that detail crowded living arrangements and financial stress, including accounts of mothers sharing rooms with daughters and of households foregoing appliances, reinforcing earlier reporting on worsening overcrowding and basic-living pressures caused by high rents.
Natural and climate disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, pose a risk to the financial resilience of the European Union (EU), with these phenomena increasingly affecting access to housing, according to environmental organisation WWF. 'What is not insurable is not financeable.' Property owners and businesses in areas ...

Patrícia Barão, the new head of the largest association of estate agents, praises the Government's measures but says they were “poorly communicated”. She calls for changes to the law to give landlords more “confidence”.


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Between strict subdivision rules, intense consultation with the owners and a focus on inward-looking architecture, this house in Galamares seeks to emphasise the Sintra hills.

The Grant-holder Statute prevents grant-holders from being paid to teach at their host institution. Changing a single clause would allow the institution to top up the grant. Opinion piece by Federico Herrera

Orlando Ramalho recalls the prime minister's promise that 'no one was going to be left without a home'. It has yet to be fulfilled.

In Lisbon, Vitória lives with her boyfriend and her daughter in a three-bedroom flat shared with another family — a mother who has two daughters. In Porto, Gabriela sleeps in the same room as her two 16-year-old daughters. There are increasing cases of families sharing homes.

Economist João Rodrigues de Santos warns that a public guarantee scheme is encouraging young people to take on mortgages with high repayments and minimal financial headroom, just as Portugal faces major international uncertainty. With wages among the third‑worst in the EU, the end of pandemic-era supports and the prospect of rising interest rates, many borrowers — including first-time buyers and expats — are exposed to rapid financial distress. The combination of weak income growth, a heated property market and policy incentives to lend underestimates downside risks; the commentator argues for tighter underwriting, better safety nets and targeted borrower support to reduce systemic vulnerability.
Update: The economist reiterated in a CNN Portugal piece that the public guarantee is actively pushing young buyers into mortgages with high repayments and little buffer amid heightened international uncertainty. He highlighted that the withdrawal of pandemic-era supports and the prospect of rising interest rates mean many borrowers — notably first-time buyers and expatriates — could rapidly fall into financial distress, strengthening his call for stricter underwriting standards and targeted safety nets to contain systemic risk.

The amount is budgeted to provide guarantees for financing the construction and renovation of affordable homes and housing co-operatives. Over the past year there were no supports aimed at the sector.

Home News Which municipalities in Portugal registered the highest increase in house prices? Which municipalities in Portugal registered the highest increase in house prices? According to data released by “ Confidencial Imobiliário”, cited by Executive Digest, Portugal registered a 23.

Faced with high housing prices, these teachers turned to the housing programme run by Oeiras City Council, which has supported 78 teachers since 2019. They describe what it's like to live in a residence.
