Single mothers are losing child benefits for moving into their parents’ home. “If I had stayed on the street, I would have kept the support.”
23 April 2026 in CNN Portugal, by Patrícia Baltazar Resende
Lawyers warn about “strict” criteria that push single-parent families into a “limbo” where they lose child benefits without ceasing to need them. “If you don’t have a home, if you don’t have income and you need your family, then you lose the right to support,” says a mother who lost the benefit.
