PORTUGAL HOUSING

Lisbon Housing Protesters Camp in Rossio Square Over Rents

Protesters camped overnight in Lisbon’s Rossio Square to demand changes to housing legislation, saying rising rents have made basic accommodation unaffordable.

BharatVox · 19 October 2026 at 12:20 am IST

Rossio Square (Praça Dom Pedro IV), Lisbon, Portugal — context photograph; not the reported event — Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Housing protesters set up tents in Lisbon’s Rossio Square to demand changes to Portuguese government legislation, India Global Review reported on October 18. The demonstrators spent the night unsure whether police would remove them, but said they intended to continue their protest.

One demonstrator said rising rents had put even basic accommodation out of reach. The report did not identify the legislative changes being sought or include a government or police response.

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