agenda prepared by the tenants living in San Basilio This is the agenda prepared by the National Secretariat
Tenants Union and sent to all groups of the Chamber of Deputies
to be presented during the discussion of the decree
milleproroghe, it is proposed to address the issue
evictions for rent arrears.
AGENDA
Given that
• In Italy in 2009 (latest official data of the Centre
the Ministry of Interior), there were over 60,000 new judgments of eviction (20% more
2008), of which more than 50,000 for tenant arrears. Now every 6
issued eviction, 5 and 1 are for non-payment for some other reason. Fifteen years ago it was exactly the opposite
every 6 evictions issued, only one was for non-payment of '
tenant. These data, as in the case of usury, represent only the tip of the iceberg of suffering
much more extensive and involving, especially
today because of the crisis, hundreds of thousands of families who are experiencing a very sharp
housing problems: in the last five years were issued 246,000
judgments issued in arrears while 194,000 121,000
evictions were carried out with the police. Over the past two years, in particular, in
coinciding with the burst of the economic crisis, the judgments for
arrears have been a dangerous surge. With the current trend, you can
believe that over the next three years can be issued between 150,000 and 200,000 new
judgments of eviction for rent arrears. The drastic cut
spoke against the national fund for rent support for needy households,
intervened in the recent stability law will affect an aggravation of the situation that
;
• With the current trend, the gap between evictions for non-payment issued in
soaring, and enforcement of eviction by the police
(given a stable in recent years, around 25,000 executions forced
every year) is expected to grow further ;
• The negative consequences of this situation not only in terms spill on
social tenants in difficulties, but causes also serious economic damage on
owners, which receive the rent and the damage of
state, regions and municipalities, because of foregone tax revenues;
• Because of the exceptional economic crisis that hit the country has
intervened in order to facilitate the payment of mortgages for buying a first
home in favor of the nuclei in trouble, even suspending the payment of installments
and allowing a renegotiation of loans and reschedule them.
should therefore act in a similar way also for the innocent non-payment,
on those who have been affected by events such as unemployment or layoffs
or nuclei that have their eligibility for benefits under
the current laws on contribution to the rent or
are usefully placed on the list for the assignment of
an accommodation of public housing;
• In some important Italian towns agreements have been signed between the
parties, facilitated by the intervention of local institutions and by the Prefecture,
that, despite the absence of national legislation, have begun to address this serious social problem
. In some cases, for example, was provided the opportunity to renegotiate
evictions for arrears in new contracts
lease owners through tax breaks, subsidies for tenants
, reduction of rents charged in exchange for guarantees
enabled banking institutions to ensure payment of the fee even if
next tenant arrears;
• Become the urgent adoption of a national reference
can facilitate, with the assistance of regional and local authorities, the adoption of measures to reduce this
acute social and economic emergency, the government commits
• To evaluate the possibility of taking an initiative, even with the '
activation of a national fund for the rotation to be activated with the help of
regions and local authorities, in order to allow the processing of evictions for arrears
into new leases, with the identification of
contributions and benefits;
• A call to that end, a table of consultation with all parties concerned
of tenants' associations, representatives of the property ,
the regions and local authorities.
