The PSD handed in a request to the Municipal Council of Matosinhos on the eviction of a former 76-year-old fighter, questioning whether the right of preference provided by the law was applied.
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13/11/2026
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Lusa
O PSD today submitted a request to the Municipal Council of Matosinhos on the eviction of a former 76-year-old combatant, in which the municipality questions whether the right of preference provided by the law was applied.
“For the PSD, recognition due to who served Portugal is mainly measured by the capacity of institutions to respond in concrete situations of vulnerability. The Parliamentary Group will continue to monitor the effective implementation of the Statute of the Former Fighter throughout the national territory”, says a press release from the PSD bench.
Article 15 of this Statute states that “former fighters and widows or widows of former combatants in homeless situations (...) have the right of preference in social housing provided by central and local government bodies of the State as well as entities receiving State support or grants”.
The PSD request follows the news of the eviction of a former combatant of 76 years, in Guifões (a parish of the municipality of Matosinhos), citing Jornal de Notícias.
“According to the news, the eviction resulted from the opposition of the landlady to the renewal of the lease contract, and not from any default, having the municipality claimed to have always paid the rent. It was accompanied by the social action services of the municipality since May 2023, with a grant to rent 100 euros, and awaits the allocation of housing by MatosinhosHabit ", say the Social Democrats.
In the request, the PSD asks the municipality led by the leader of the PS Luísa Salgueiro if “the municipal services knew the condition of former combatant of the municipality and considered it in the follow-up initiated in 2023”.
The Social Democrats also want to know whether the situation has been signaled to the Directorate-General for National Defense Resources, Social Security or the League of Fighters to activate the support plan provided for in the Statute.
The PSD also asks whether the municipal housing regulation “applies the right of preference of former combatants and how many currently await municipal housing in Matosinhos”, as well as whether the municipality wants to “maintain or strengthen support for the lease until the allocation of a dwelling”.
According to Jornal de Notícias, the municipality will have presented several alternatives to the former fighter, who did not accept them, because he did not want to live in a shared house.