Public opinion perceives that home prices have risen. Yet publications on Italy’s housing market do not reflect this widespread impression and do not seem to […]
10/2025
Home Has Become a Mirage
With soaring prices in major cities and no real housing policy, home has become the new symbol of inequality
In Italy, having a home remains a universal aspiration, yet the state invests far too little to address the housing emergency. Fear of appearing to help immigrants or municipalities run by “opposing” political coalitions has stalled any meaningful action. The housing plan announced by Giorgia Meloni will only work if it truly delivers affordable student housing and public units—projects that have been stalled since the old Fanfani plan. Housing is fundamentally an issue of equality, mobility, and social cohesion. And it needs to be treated as such.
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