Madeira's JPP youth wing backs national housing protests and demands affordable homes

The youth wing of Madeira's Juntos Pelo Povo party has voiced solidarity with the nationwide youth protests over housing and the cost of living, saying the region faces the same crisis. It cites a 17.6% rise in house prices in 2025, according to the national statistics institute, and median new rents of 12.78 euros per square metre in Madeira in the second quarter of 2026. Vice-president Diogo Monteiro rejected the prime minister's description of the protests as selfish. The group calls for more affordable public housing, better wages and action against precarious work, so that young graduates are not pushed to emigrate.