The PSP is monitoring demonstrations for the right to housing in several cities, with particular attention to Lisbon and Porto, strengthening dialogue with demonstrators.
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24/10/2026
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Lusa
A PSP today has a police device prepared to accompany the demonstrations for the right to housing in various cities of the country, with special attention in Lisbon and Porto, advancing that will continue to privilege dialogue with demonstrators.
In a note on the police device for the various demonstrations taking place today in various cities, the Public Security Police states that the priority “is to ensure the exercise of the right of assembly and demonstration, seeking that all initiatives take place peacefully and safely”.
According to the PSP, for the demonstrations are mobilized valencias of traffic, to support the management of road conditioning, and rapid intervention teams, with reserve the means of the Special Police Unit, namely the Intervention Corps and the Cinotechnical Operational Group.
“ Our work will continue to focus on dialogue, communication and mediation with demonstrators, in a logic of prevention and proportional management of possible occurrences,” the police said.
The PSP states that, so far, “the situation is calm”, the police “are carrying out a dynamic and continuous risk assessment, adjusting the device according to the evolution of the situation”.
The police also notes that “it is also monitoring the information available in open sources, including in the digital environment, in order to better understand the evolution of events and publicly expressed intentions, allowing adequate anticipation and management of possible risks”.
The protests for the right to housing continue today with popular demonstrations and assemblies marked in various cities of the country, promoted by civic movements, to claim measures that respond to the crisis in the sector.
Two weeks after the beginning, in Porto, protests for the right to housing continue, thus fulfilling the promise to continue on the streets until the government drops the new rent law and adopts measures such as the end of demolitions and wastes without alternative housing, the prohibition of housing purchase by real estate funds, the increase in public housing, the application of roofs to rents and the recovery of vacant properties for housing purposes.
The government's proposal has generated strong social protest, with protests and camps taking place in various cities.
On October 15, the protesting movement in Porto, with a camp, denounced a violent police charge during the early hours that caused injuries in 39 of the participants, two of whom were in a serious state, and in a police officer. In Lisbon, the authorities removed dozens of Rossio tents early in the morning of Tuesday and held 55 demonstrators, who will be present to judge on 27.