Rome buys 88 council houses: 13 million invested for families in difficulty

Rome continues to invest in the right to housing with the purchase of 88 new council houses for a value of 13 million eurosThe operation, which follows an initial intervention of 120 units, aims to strengthen public assets and offer greater housing stability to families on the list. Mayor Gualtieri and Councilor Zevi confirm their commitment to a more equitable and inclusive city.

The plan of Rome Capital continues for increase the number of public housing units to be allocated to the ranking. A resolution of the Municipal Board was approved on Friday 21 March, to be submitted to the Capitoline Assembly, which gives mandate to the offices to proceed with the acquisition of a further 88 properties to be allocated to families in precarious housing, for a total cost of approximately 13 million euros.

THEacquisition of new housing, free and owned by INPS, represents a further step in the Administration's strategy to guarantee the right to housing. It is about second operation after the one that led to the purchase of 120 housing units, following the same distribution criteria on the territory to promote integration and mixed social, in line with the two notices already published to acquire housing also from the free market. Furthermore, the discussion with the INPS and other entities continues for identify further solutions to be allocated to families in difficulty, strengthening public assets and ensuring greater housing stability.

"The purchase of 88 new public housing units marks another concrete step in the strategy to transform Rome into a more equitable city. Expanding the supply of housing is one of the pillars of our Strategic Plan, in which we have chosen to invest unprecedented resources not only to make new purchases, but also to maintain our homes more and better, guaranteeing greater dignity to families. We wanted to address the emergency with a structural commitment and a clear objective: a city in which development is accompanied by social cohesion, where no neighborhood and no citizen are left behind." The Mayor of Rome comments as follows: Robert Gualtieri.

“With the acquisition of these new homes we are strengthening public assets and offering a real response to the most vulnerable families waiting for a home” – said Tobias Zevi, Capitoline Councillor for Heritage and Housing Policies – “we are charting a precise direction: increasing the number of social housing available for those who have been living in difficult conditions for years and are on the waiting list. At the same time, we are continuing the work to overcome passive rents, directly acquiring the properties currently rented by Roma Capitale, an intervention that will be included in a forthcoming resolution. A common-sense choice: instead of continuing to pay rent for assets that do not belong to us, we make them part of the public heritage”.