Portugal housing protesters return to squares, vow to press on
Protesters are demanding rent caps and stronger tenant protections after police cleared tent camps and arrested 55 people, organisers said.
- On Tuesday, thousands of activists returned to Lisbon's Rossio and Porto's Dom Joao squares, vowing to continue housing protests hours after police cleared camps and made 55 arrests before dawn.
- Housing purchase prices and rents for new leases have more than doubled since 2017, fueling activists' demands for the government to withdraw legislation easing evictions and ending rent caps.
- Debora Miranda, 41, a communications consultant, joined the Rossio square protest representing generations struggling with soaring costs. "If people don't feel at home, in every sense of the word, they can't move forward with their lives...enough is enough," she told Reuters.
- The 55 detainees were released pending a court appearance on Wednesday, while a popular assembly in Lisbon voted to return to Rossio square and set up tents again.
- Public Security Police superintendent Sergio Soares called the eviction "calm, proportionate and appropriate," while camp spokesperson Carla Valadao described it as "very aggressive," reflecting deep friction between authorities and demonstrators.
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The protests aim to highlight the housing crisis in Portugal, which is characterized by rising property prices. The post Housing protests in Portugal: Protesters spent the night in a central square in Lisbon appeared first on in.gr.
Portugal police clear demonstrators from protest camps against cost of housing
Portuguese demonstrators have been protesting against the cost of housing in the country. They are opposed to recent measures announced by the government and are calling for a new gathering in the coming days, despite police clearing protest camps.
With a little over a month having passed since large-scale housing protests erupted in Spain following the forced eviction of the elderly, people in neighboring Portugal and Greece also staged demonstrations against rising housing costs, pitching tents in public squares and camping out overnight. According to AFP and dpa news agencies on the 21st,
The protest movement against the housing crisis in Portugal is preparing on Wednesday to challenge the authorities again after a police intervention that left 55 detainees.The Portuguese police evicts the camped houses of Lisbon and Porto and detains 55 protesters After the end of the Lisbon camp, several thousand people returned to the city center on Tuesday to draw attention to the housing crisis and ask for solutions. “The outrage is very gre…
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