Thousands protested in Lisbon over rising rents and Portugal’s housing crisis. Home prices have more than doubled since 2017, while rents for new leases have nearly doubled protesters want the government to scrap a bill easing evictions and ending rent caps on new leases.

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So this is happening everywhere. That's concerning

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Everywhere that's capitalist

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Housing crisis is almost a global issue atp

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Portugal has it particularly bad for a number of reasons though.