Between Florence and Scandicci there is always war on the border areas. The latest battle is for a block of public housing, those in Via Romero, 108 apartments in total over which the two municipalities are discussing. The buildings are located in the municipal area of Scandicci, have self-management that works and has been in contact with the municipal administration for years. But those houses belong to the municipality of Florence. In fact, the property would be part of the heritage of Palazzo Vecchio, which also owns houses in other areas of the metropolitan area. The original intent was evidently to ease the housing tension within the Florentine walls. Since 1998, however, a regional law has changed the situation: according to the legislation, ‘uncommon’ public housing must be used by the citizens of the territories in which they are located. What changes for those who live there? Nothing. What is certain, however, is that the regional law also provides for compensation to the municipality owner, given that the accommodation must pass into the hands of other administrations which will receive the proceeds of the rents collected by Casa spa. The municipality of Scandicci approved this step last April, receiving a warning from Palazzo Vecchio to revoke the act approved by the municipal council. Currently, however, according to the Scandi municipal administration, no notification of appeal to the Administrative Court has been received. “On those properties, explains the Scandicci administration, the land registration was missing. From the research carried out by the offices it emerged that the ownership of the properties belonged to Scandicci”.
The municipality then started the process for the registration, informing both Florence and Casa spa, which on the merits would not have provided any documentation from which a different reality could be deduced. For Scandicci, therefore, it is a necessary act, after which the properties will remain for public use and will allow the Municipality, being the legitimate owner, to be able to carry out their extraordinary maintenance. Florence doesn’t seem to agree very much and we’ll see if there will be a follow-up in the courtroom.
