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Affordable housing protesters gather in Portugal capital as some…

Protesters in Lisbon are pitching tents as demonstrations over housing costs grow; it is, technically, the city's only new construction tonight.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 9:26 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0

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First reported by AP News: “Affordable housing protesters gather in Portugal capital as some start setting up tents”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 9:26 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Portugal.
BBN covered this story before: Cristiano Ronaldo's sister sparks talk about his Portugal future (October 17).

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AP NewsAffordable housing protesters gather in Portugal capital as some start setting up tents

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAffordable housing protesters have gathered in Portugal's capital, and some have started setting up tents. Lola Cruz is there tonight.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing in Lisbon at the edge of a growing crowd, and right now people are driving tent stakes into the ground behind me like they're taking a hill.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo they're building housing.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThat's one way to read it.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered front lines with less organization than this, and the first tents are already up, with more going up as I speak.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAny word on rent?
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentNobody here has said, Hank.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThere's no lease and no landlord, and the protesters are the only ones in the capital who say they can afford the place.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo it's a studio, with no deposit, in the capital, and still under market price.

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