Portugal's government wants to force owners of vacant homes nationwide to make them available for long-term tenants.
The measure, an attempt to increase the supply of housing in a tense and unaffordable housing market for many local residents, has been criticized by homeowners as violating the constitution.
The decision is part of a package of measures approved at a cabinet meeting last week.
The "More Housing" plan also includes limits on rent increases, initiatives to speed up new building permits, a ban on new short-term rentals in cities, and an end to the so-called
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