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The 10 housing measures heading to Parliament: petition has already surpassed ten thousand signatures

A petition calling for rent regulation and an end to evictions has reached the required ten thousand signatures to be debated in the Assembly of the Republic. It will be submitted to Parliament next week, coinciding with ongoing legislative discussions on a new rental law currently under debate.

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The formal submission of this petition, combined with current parliamentary debates between the PSD and Chega, means that significant changes to rental and eviction laws may be proposed or amended in the near future.

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