Crotone – The murals in the six peripheral neighborhoods of the city have already generated the first fruits. in fact, thanks to the presence of the works of these artists, there has been a return to talking in the city about public buildings and in particular about the “state of health” of the Aterp buildings, known as “public housing”.
The political group Movimentando intervened in the debate with the following statement.
“The initiative of the municipal administration of Crotone to redevelop some popular buildings through the street art generated controversy from some members of the minority in the city council regarding the subject depicted in some murals.
We would have expected the start of a public debate on the rain of money arrived with the PNRR for sports facilities in the face of cosmic nothingness for the public housing: old buildings, worn out by time and humidity.
Perhaps it is more useful to have three public swimming pools than dignified and safe homes?
This carelessness, in our humble opinion, forces many families to live in precarious conditions, worsening the quality of life and housing safety of the urban fabric.
Furthermore, there are no updates and/or publications of new rankings for the assignment of public housing with the real risk of little transparency in administrative management.
Despite the social media and press brawls, we hope that these issues will be addressed in the City Council, at the incipit of the administration or of the minority councilors also in order to avoid that public housing is assigned to the poor and that the poor citizens find themselves abandoned in the jungle of illegal occupations where the law of “the strongest” prevails.
It would be a good start to launch an evaluation phase in order to quantify the housing need and structure adequate responses. We could, for example, involve private individuals who own empty buildings to evaluate a public-private partnership and develop new strategies to combat the housing emergency by intercepting European funds intended for these purposes”.
