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Thousands of people rallied outside Portugal’s parliament in Lisbon on Tuesday (Oct 27) to protest against the country’s housing crisis and recent police operations targeting housing activists, as lawmakers debated the government’s proposed 2027 budget.

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00:01Thousands of people rallied outside Portugal's parliament in Lisbon on Tuesday to protest

00:07against the country's housing crisis and recent police operations targeting housing

00:12activists as lawmakers debated the government's proposed 2027 budget.

00:56Portugal faces one of Europe's most acute housing

00:59affordability crises, with property prices more than doubling since 2017 and rents for

01:05new leases nearly doubling.

01:07The protest followed police operations on Sunday to dismantle tent camps set up by housing

01:13activists in Lisbon and Porto.

01:15Organizers said several thousand people took part in Tuesday's rally, while police did not

01:21provide a crowd estimate.

01:30Thank you so much for joining us today.

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