“We won’t give up an inch” is how the representatives begin Basic Trade Union Union – USB e Tenants and Inhabitants Trade Union Association – ASIA present today in town to discuss real solutions for the housing emergency spreading in the city and keep attention high on this issue. “After yesterday’s important day of battle – they continue – where thanks to the mobilization and insistence of our union we managed to bring home several results, albeit partial and temporary, for the families we follow, today we have returned to reiterate our claims. An extraordinary housing plan for public housing, this is the only solution there is. Recover the dozens of apartments abandoned and not assigned by ERP in the municipality, housing which today rots in decay instead of becoming homes for those who need it. What happened to Minister Salvini’s much-vaunted “housing plan” that he promised us in the last election campaign? Maybe he was too busy with that absurdity of the bridge over the Strait? Or nominating indecent people for elections? of our fellow citizens in a housing emergency? Do we want to stop selling off public real estate, but instead increase the number of units? We demand that those responsible find real immediate solutions while awaiting this extraordinary and massive intervention, which all bodies, municipality, region and government must take responsibility for. We want guarantees and quick turnaround times on the works for the construction of the 35 apartments in the Mattatoio. We want a discussion and intervention table to be opened, which, as has already happened in many other Italian and European cities, will take a far-sighted approach to the growing problem of short-term rentals. , of airbnbs and of the private “market” drugged by the tourist season. As a union we will continue to fight blow for blow in order to defend the rights of those who risk ending up sleeping on the streets without dignified solutions.
