With practically no sector ‘happy’ with the government’s housing programme, citizens today are staging protests in Lisbon (Alameda), Porto (Batalha), Viseu (Praça da República), Aveiro (Praça Melo Freitas), Coimbra (Praça 8 de Maio) and Braga (Coreto da Avenida Central), accusing PS Socialists of not having gone far enough. Measures outlined in the controversial ‘Mais Habitação’ blueprint “are insufficient”, protestors say – demanding rent regulation, the suspension of evictions and an end to property speculation. More on these protests which begin at 3pm tomorrow.
