Housing and Infrastructures Minister Pinto Luz said the government is open to revisiting Portugal's rent law with the Socialist Party. His comments came after PS secretary-general José Luís Carneiro described the existing legislation as inhumane and unjust. Luz rejected that characterization while leaving room for a negotiated review. Any change would require the government and PS to discuss the rules governing rents. The proposal puts the government's position on the legislation into question. It also opens a direct political channel for talks between the two parties.