House Plan

Ten proposals worth knowing, supporting, and perhaps exploring further, given how individual regions are affected. Third sector organizations—individually or grouped together in local and national forums—can certainly contribute to strengthening these proposals.

The first of the ten proposals in the National Housing Plan presented by 40 cities involves funding renovation and maintenance work on public housing, or social housing, as well as approving a law to standardize the right of access to public housing.

The second calls for assigning currently unused public buildings to municipalities free of charge.

The third calls for refinancing the national fund for innocent rent defaulters, providing financial support to people who cannot afford to pay rent due to objective difficulties, not because they don't want to.

In the fourth proposal, the cities are calling for a national law to regulate short-term tourist rentals. In reality, they have been calling for this for years, because until now, municipalities have had few tools to intervene, and many of the rules introduced through municipal ordinances have been challenged through court challenges.

The fifth proposal involves funding a national plan for the homeless, building pathways for social inclusion.

The sixth calls for encouraging the signing of rent-controlled contracts, which are more advantageous for tenants, with lower taxes or fees for renters. Similarly, cities are calling for penalizing those who leave their homes vacant with higher taxes.

The seventh proposal calls for containing the construction costs of new public housing through procurements that favor prefabricated housing models, which are less expensive and can be built more quickly.

The eighth proposal calls for the government to recognize social rental agencies as a tool for matching rental demand and supply, and to encourage their opening with tax breaks.

The ninth proposal calls for allocating more money for the right to education and integrating private student residences into the public system, to prevent public funds from fueling the market for unaffordable housing.

The tenth and final proposal calls for the establishment of real estate funds managed by public entities dedicated to investing in public housing.

Gianfranco Cattai
NP January 2026