The number of requests for help from difficulty paying income increased in the first quarter 67% over the same period last year. There are people to reduce food spending to be able to pay the house.
The Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (DECO) received, by the end of March, more than 300 requests for help paying income – representing a “significant increase” (67%), compared to the same period last year.
The (DN) writes that There are people to reduce food spending to be able to pay the house.
At issue are families who cannot comply with the payment of the monthly installment of home income.
Deco classifies the scenario as a “despair” For aggregates who saw subsidies from extraordinary support to cut or reduced income or awaiting a response from Porta 65 program.
According to the DN, compared to 2023, 87,000 taxpayers lost support for income.
In early February, 46 thousand people lost this subsidy Without any notice, due to.
Deco points out that this support, which can reach 200 euros per month and is automatically assigned by crossing the data provided by entities such as the Tax Authority or Social Security, is vital to ensure compliance with obligations for thousands of tenants.
“There are those who are truly desperate And don’t know how you will be able to pay the incomes, ”says Deco’s financial protection office coordinator, Natália Nunes.
“It is in food that families will then reduce to be able to pay the incomes. Many enter situations of delay or non -compliance ”, notes, adding that indebtedness is another of the roads that continues to gain scale.
“These people end up resorting to credit card or personal credits to get money to pay the income,” the expert added.
