Renters struggle to survive in Portugal housing crisis

Real Estate Speculation Has Made Lisbon One of the World’s Most Unlivable Cities

Housing costs in Lisbon are so high that it’s ranked even more unviable for renters than New York. Attempts to solve the issue through “market efficiency” have made the problem worse.

Renters struggle to survive in Portugal housing crisis

With sky-high rents beyond his modest pension, Antonio Lemos has no choice but to live in an abandoned house in Lisbon without electricity or running water as Portugal's perennial housing crisis spirals.

Renters Struggle To Survive In Portugal Housing Crisis

With sky-high rents beyond his modest pension, Antonio Lemos has no choice but to live in an abandoned house in Lisbon without electricity or running water as Portugal's perennial housing crisis spirals.

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Completed in 2022 in Lisboa, Portugal. Images by Hugo Santos Silva. The project consisted of rehabilitating a building on the corner of Rua Marques de Ponte de Lima and Beco dos Três Engenhos in Lisbon's Mouraria...