The article addresses housing conditions in Portugal in 1970, during the period of Marcelo Caetano's Spring. The author bases himself on the results of the Housing Survey promoted by the Ministry of Public Works to portray the Portuguese reality of that era.
According to the data presented, 60% of dwellings did not have running water, with only 25% having good supply conditions through building pipe systems. Furthermore, only one third of homes had electricity.
Nationally, 60% of households did not have a kitchen, which complements the portrait of profound housing shortages in Portugal at the time. These statistics serve as an element of historical contextualization for the literary work in question, which seeks to evoke memories of that period.
