National counter the rent has been used 10,333 times. However, more than half of the requests for eviction were refused.

Every day, over five families lose their homes for nonpayment of rent or misuse of space. The figures from the Ministry of Justice, to which the DN / Mad Money had access show that by June this year were already issued 929 titles dump in the National Rental Desk (BNA); throughout the 2014, 1868 were performed Large cities such as Lisbon and Porto continue to gather as evictions cake, but the reasons why the landlord to the limit are repeated throughout the country.

“Income is as a rule the last obligation ceases to be paid, but unemployment is still the main reason for non-payment,” said Romao Lavadinho, the Association of Tenants Lisbonenses, specifying that income breaks suffered during the crisis and the situations of disease or old age also have been influential in recent years

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