injunção
Published 5 November 2026, 15:07
injunção em matéria de arrendamento (IMA) — a fast-track claim by a tenant against a landlord
A simplified procedure at the BAS by which a tenant can get what they are owed: compensation for repairs done instead of the landlord, an end to actions that endanger health, defects in the home put right, or water, electricity, gas and sewerage restored. It is a claim through the same channel the landlord uses to apply for eviction, but going the other way.
Where you come across it. The landlord won't do repairs, has cut off the utilities or is making life difficult.
On its own, the word injunção also means an ordinary claim against a debtor — don't confuse the two: this one is about renting. After a decision on such an injunção, the landlord's fine rises to €50 a day, and the tenant may deduct it from the rent.
Official website: diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2006-34578375