The 10 families out of the 15 who, on 4 February 2023, had occupied around fifteen empty apartments in the Case del Sole will all have accommodation. A bottom-up assignment that was made by the associations Diritti per tutti, the Garda Autonomous Collective and the Magazzino 47 social centre, to provide a response both to families under eviction due to economic problems and to people who were unable to find a home despite having a income to pay the rent. “This housing occupation is coming to an end – explained yesterday Umberto Gobbi, Rights for All – with an extraordinary political victory, because all the families will have dignified accommodation, thanks to the social services of the Municipality of Brescia led by the councilor Marco Fenaroli with the Housing agency. The families will go to differentiated housing, some with sustainable rental contracts, others to project housing while waiting to enter public housing.” The paradox remains that, in the Case del Sole alone, there are 30 empty apartments, while housing demand is constantly increasing. An issue on which in recent days the trade unions (Cgil, Cisl and Uil and tenants’ unions) have mobilized by going directly to protest in the Region because, among the vacant public housing units, there are 20 thousand (more than half in Milan alone), compared to of 65 thousand applications, of which only 4% are accepted. A picture that risks exacerbating social tensions. “Our mobilization – underlines Gobbi – has also served to highlight another problem, namely that the housing crisis also concerns families who could go to the private market, but cannot find an answer, due to a series of factors, such as the explosion of rents short and tourist and the chronic lack of public housing”. On June 28, in the courtyard of the Houses of the Sun, the occupants (who will begin the move in July) will offer a thanksgiving party to the regular inhabitants of the Houses of the Sun.
“Let’s not forget – concludes Gobbi – that there are 30 empty apartments in the building. Within a year we hope that this will no longer be the case, that Aler will acquire these apartments, otherwise we will not rule out new assignments from below”.
