Brescia. In July the long occupation of the Case del Sole will end. The announcement came from the Rights for All association, which held a conference on Friday afternoon press conference in via Milano 103in front of the entrance to the public housing.
The occupation lasted almost a year and a halfon February 4, 2023 the families entered the homes (abandoned for about 8 years) with the support of activists from Rights for allof the Warehouse 47 he was born in Autonomous Garda collective. A “bottom-up assignment” of 14 apartmentsa way to shed light on the housing crisis and at the same time temporarily resolve the problems of these homeless people (and those homes without people).
To date, there were ten remaining families, the other 4 had managed to find accommodation independently. After months of battles, all ten obtained other positions from the Municipality: apartments with sustainable rent from the Housing Agency or public housing.
Umberto Gobbihistoric member of Diritti per Tutti, spoke about an extraordinary political victory. The moment of the move is awaited with emotion by the inhabitants, who have organised a big party on June 28th to greet the Houses of the Sun.
Only the “regular” tenants will remain in the apartments, while the militants already have new battles waiting for them: five families have received eviction noticesall while more than 30 apartments remain vacant. On Thursday, two pickets blocked as many evictions: that of a couple with 4 children via Presolana and that of a couple with a little girl via Milan 99. In addition to stopping evictions, associations and collectives have feared new “assignments from below” if the situation is not resolved.
