Abbreviations
| AUGI s | Áreas Urbanas de Génese Ilegal (Urban Areas of Illegal Genesis) |
| BNA | Balcão Nacional de Arrendamento (National Rental Desk) |
| CERD | UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| EAC | European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and the City |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
| ETHOS | European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion |
| FEANTSA | European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| INE | Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Statistics Portugal) |
| IHRU | Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana (National Institute for Housing and Urban Renewal) |
| LAA | Lei do Arrendamento Apoiado (Law for Subsidised Renting) |
| LMA | Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NGPH | Nova Geração de Políticas da Habitação (New Generation of Housing Policies) |
| NRAU | Novo Regime do Arrendamento Urbano (New Urban Rental Regime) |
| OHCHR | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| PIMP | Programa de Intervenção a Médio Prazo (Medium-Term Intervention Programme) |
| PER | Programa Especial de Realojamento (Special Resettlement Programme) |
| PREC | Processo Revolucionário em Curso (Portuguese revolutionary period) |
| RMDH | Regulamento Municipal do Direito à Habitação (Municipal Regulation for the Right to Housing) |
| RRAHM | Regulamento do Regime de Acesso à Habitação Municipal (Regulation of Access to Municipal Housing Regime) |
| SAAL | Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local (Mobile Service for Local Support) |