Renters struggle to survive in Portugal housing crisis

LISBON: With sky-high rents beyond his modest pension, Antonio Lemos has no choice but to live in an abandoned house in Lisbon without electricity or running water as Portugal’s perennial housing crisis spirals. The former kitchen assistant, 80, has never found a stable home since foreign investors bought his apartment and has placed his hopes on a charitable institution to find a solution. “How can you pay a rent of 400 or 500 euros for a room?,” asked Lemos, whose monthly pension barely amounts to 500 euros ($580).

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