Elisa is 23 years old and, just a few days ago, she drank bleach. He wanted to “get it over with” he says, because “I didn’t see a future.” She and she were tormented by the anxiety that, to this day, thousands of Italians feel. They are the families who believed in the 110% Superbonus. Those leaving the tax relief regulated by the Relaunch decree which consisted of a deduction of expenses incurred starting from 1 July 2020 for the implementation of specific interventions aimed at energy efficiency and static consolidation or reducing the seismic risk of buildings.
Presented by the Conte government in parliament a few days after the end of the lockdown due to the pandemic, it was supposed to stimulate and revive the construction sector in post-Covid crisis. Expected end, December 2021. But that wasn’t the case. The works begin, the construction sites take shape, the companies purchase the materials. And times are getting longer. Criticized shortly afterwards with the government led by Mario Draghi, in 2024 the cost of the measure for the State is estimated at around 160 billion euros. Too many. Thus, last March 26, the Meloni government approved a decidedly unexpected decree, which definitively abolished all forms of invoice discounts and credit transfers associated with the Superbonus for construction. The resulting damage has an impact on companies and private individuals.
«My 16-year-old sister remains in a wheelchair after an accident. We are a modest family, her house was not suitable for her and without the Superbonus we would not have been able to afford to renovate, despite the need: the works start and stop, after the government stoppage. Result, my sister is now in a community because the environment here is not suitable, my father got ill and is in and out of hospitals. I? I will leave my studies, I will abandon my dreams. We have debts of one hundred thousand euros. Besides us, there is another little daughter, my mother doesn’t work and my father will soon have to stop doing so. I would have liked to create a future for myself, while the world falls on me. I constantly think about suicide and a few days ago I tried to put it into practice, they “grabbed” me by the hair.”
Dramas like that of Roberto Rizzo who with his family runs “Rinnova Casa”, a company that has been dealing with renovations in Turin since 2008. «I have fed three families for years with this business, today I am on the verge of bankruptcy. The company is registered in my daughter’s name who has always trusted me. I count at least a million blocked credits.” Rizzo was in Arona yesterday together with a delegation from the Committee “Exempt from the Superbonus”. There are 817 in Italy, of which 167 in Turin. The group demonstrated several times in Milan and Rome, where they were received by Senator Roberto Rosso. «We wanted to meet Minister Giorgetti, but it wasn’t possible. However, we spoke to the deputy Alberto Gusmeroli who gave us an appointment in the capital for next week.”
