Among the diplomas that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will have to evaluate are controversial measures, such as forced leasing or local accommodation.

On the beach of Monte Gordo, the Head of State said in an interview with RTP that he will dedicate the “mornings and evenings” of his holidays to examining the new housing laws.

“I'm going to examine it, I have 20 days to enact or veto it, and, theoretically, eight days to send it to the Constitutional Court. It will be what I will occupy my mornings and evenings with for the next few days, even on vacation”, he indicated.

The More Housing package approved on the 19th of July in Parliament underwent changes to the initial proposal presented on the 16th of February, after having gone through the public discussion and the parliamentary specialty discussion, where several proposals for amendments were presented, including those from the PS itself.