The right to a home
Yesterday I wrote to the President of the Council, Romano Prodi, to the Minister of the Interior, Giuliano Amato to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Tommaso Padoa Schioppa. The Bersani decree, decree 233 of 4 July 2006 is about to be made a law. I asked them to insert a clause that defers for three months the conditions for eviction in the cities with more than a million inhabitants (Milano, Rome, Naples). This was fixed by the decree of 1 February 2006 and was converted to law n. 86 on 1 February 2006.
This arrangement involves no costs to the State accounts as it is possible to use financial resources set aside by previous legislation but not yet utilised.
The resources available are about 99 million Euro and will be distributed according to a decree from the Ministry of Infrastructure, to the cities that are the centres of metropolitan areas to help that part of the population that is in particular conditions of economic and social disadvantage.
A home has changed from being a social right to being a luxury. Values of the buildings and rents have gone up in recent years in an indiscriminate way. The government can intervene and must do so. It must establish a permanent observatory to monitor the price of property and to take steps to limit unjustified increases.
Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in
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I do not think at mr, DiPietro want to give house away for free, and I do not believe in hand out,but sometime if people are having bad luck ,sickness ect ect, is good to know that the government is looking after people,after all it can happen to everybody,and then they can get on their feet again,but I do believe everibody has the right to have a roof on their head.ciao
Postated by: eva kulnura | July 21, 2006 08:13 AM
...On the other hand, if it is to have a home that is looking like the rabbit cages in the picture, is better not to talk about. It's looking like the russian or polish towns that I visit. They build that in the fifties and the sixties. Now we need something else. Especially in Italy. But if the intentions of the government is to give that for nothing to poor people...
Postated by: Blisco jaio | July 20, 2006 04:06 PM
Easy to say the right to have a home. If this right means to have a home for nothing it's a non sens.If this right means to have a home to rent, I think that the market in Italy is too bad for promoters and private people understood it very well: They prefere to buy instead of renting.
Postated by: Blisco jaio | July 20, 2006 03:46 PM