Following a public assembly of approximately 1,000 people on 31 October, the housing protest movement decided to resume camping in Praça D. João I, where they have been demonstrating since 10 October.
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The 'Lisbon Camping for the Right to Housing' movement has returned to the Rossio square to set up tents and spend the night, following a protest in the city. The group began setting up on the evening of Saturday, 31 October, despite a previous protest at the same location ending in police intervention.
A demonstration for the right to housing in Lisbon arrived at Rossio square around 18:30, with participants planning to camp overnight. The National Preventive Mechanism (MNP) monitored the event, noting that the proceedings were peaceful and orderly throughout the march.
About 50 people gathered in Braga on Saturday, 31 October, for an event organized by the 'Movimento Popular pela Habitação de Braga'. The gathering, which included music, food, and a DJ, served as a platform to demand policy changes such as rent caps, an end to evictions without alternative housing, and increased public housing, similar to recent housing protests held elsewhere in the country.