As housing protests sweep Portugal, police and politicians here seem bent on making the crisis worse | Ana Naomi de Sousa

While Spain, Germany and the UK have all introduced laws protecting renters’ rights, Luís Montenegro’s centre-right government is empowering landlordsAs Storm Charles reached Portugal’s shores this week, flights were aborted, schools were closed, and the global Web Summit in Lisbon was forced to cancel a whole day of lucrative events. But even the promise of some very bad weather was not enough to deter housing protesters from setting up camp for another night on the streets.Since 14 October, echoing recent eruptions over housing in Spain, and the fierce student-led protests in France, Lisbon and Porto have become the focus for encampments and daily protests drawing people in their thousands. Almost one month later, they show no sign of disappearing. Continue reading...