diferimento da desocupação
Published 4 November 2026, 21:42
diferimento da desocupação — postponement of eviction on social grounds
A court-granted postponement of the date by which you must leave rented housing. You must request it within the same deadline as for filing your defence. There are two grounds: non-payment because of lack of means — presumed automatically for people receiving unemployment benefit no higher than the minimum wage and for those receiving RSI social support — or a certified disability of more than 60%. The court also considers good faith, whether there is other housing available, how many people live in the home, and their age and health.
Where you come across it. The special eviction procedure and enforcement of an eviction order.
The postponement can last no more than five months. If it was granted because of lack of means, the rent owed to the landlord for those months is paid by the state Fundo de Socorro Social, which then claims the money back from the tenant.
Official website: diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2013-34580575