By September, 5.5 families had been evicted a day. Duties from the National Rental Desk have doubled since 2013.

Low wages and rising incomes are leaving many Portuguese families unable to afford their homes. Last year, a total of 1931 families were dumped through the National Rent Desk (BNA). It is almost double (91.7%) of the number of 2013. And only in the first nine months of this year have there been 1480 decrees decreed. Fifty families are discharged a day, according to data provided by the Ministry of Justice to Dinheiro Vivo.

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