Protesters march in Portuguese cities against rising housing costs
Tens of thousands of people protested across dozens of Portuguese cities this Saturday over soaring housing costs. Social movements are demanding the withdrawal of a proposed rental law reform. The demonstrations come as rental costs have increased by 68 percent since 2020.
- The housing crisis mobilized thousands of people in dozens of Portuguese cities this Saturday.
- Portugal recorded the European Union's biggest increase in the ratio of house prices to incomes between 2015 and 2025.
- Social movements demand the withdrawal of the government's rental law reform proposal.
- Rental costs have increased by 68 percent since 2020.
- Matilda Tomé, a 21-year-old worker and student in Lisbon, stated she cannot live alone despite saving money.
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