The representatives of Municipality 5 are protesting against the prices of accommodation in the Olympic Village, which after Milan-Cortina 2026 will be converted into a student residence. “The agreement with Palazzo Marino must be reviewed, the costs are too high. It is necessary to increase the number of beds at a discounted rate also for families and young people”
The Olympic Village of the former Porta Romana railway station in Milan
A a single room can cost up to 995 eurosa double also 740 euros. While the average rent for future residents of the brand new structure that will be built in the former Porta Romana railway yard, including 150 beds with a discount from 570 euros to 640 euros for disabled students, will be around 827 euros per month for 1,698 homes. These are the rates proposed in the convention signed between the Municipality of Milan and Coima Sgr Spa for the Olympic Village of the athletes of Milan-Cortina 2026, which after the sporting event will be converted into one student hall already for the 2026/2027 school year.
However, the Democratic Party representatives are not in agreement Municipality 5 (Ticinese, Chiesa Rossa, Porta Lodovica, San Gottardo, Zona Bocconi, Vigentino), who today ask to review the agreement: “The costs they are too tall, the agreement with Palazzo Marino must be revisited”, he protests Mattia Cousins, municipal councilor for Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility. “Lower prices are necessary. Given the situation and the problems linked to the cost of housing in the city, the risk that the Scalo Romana becomes a fortified citadel, inaccessible to mostand not the center of an urban regeneration project to restore spaces to the city and respond to the demands of those who live there”, his words to Fanpage.it. “This is a city drawing exclusive, which we do not agree with.”
Mattia Cugini, councilor of Municipality 5 in Milan
Yes, because the figures proposed by the pact signed with Palazzo Marino are factual in line with the current (very expensive) real estate market. But certainly not in line with the spending power of most families, who can rarely afford to invest a thousand euros a month just in the rental contract for their children for the entire period of their studies. “The rates of the student residence should however be really social, from construction affiliated: here there is no regulation of prices by the public”, always the councilor Cugini. “These prices, in short, do not reflect a value of real accessibility“.
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A crucial question, especially in recent times where the topic of the cost of the house and housing supply is more popular than ever. “More and more middle class cannot afford the cost of a house, we have seen it in recent years. It is up to us, now, to do everything possible to interrupt the course of the definition of a premium city“.
How? “There Convention must be amended also in favor of young couples, families and individuals who are unable to sustain market prices, even just increasing beds at subsidized rates. We should also review the destination that has been identified for the functions of the services on the ground floor, which does not really open the spaces to public use”.
