From the skyscrapers of Milan to the ceilings, Salvini wants to widen the home-saver

Not only the ad hoc regulation to solve the Milan case, but also changes to the requirements for habitability, from ceiling height to minimum surface area. The save-home decree has not yet been published in the Official Gazette, but measures to expand its perimeter are already being studied. Announcing them is the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, who does not intend to stop here: the measure is only "the beginning of a path", he assures, after private housing the next step will be "public, social and social housing".

The text of the Salva-casa decree, approved on Friday in the Council of Ministers, has been the subject of strong mediation under the watchful eye of the Quirinale, and improvements are now expected from many quarters when it is converted in Parliament. The process should start in the Chamber of Deputies, in the Environment Committee. Awaiting publication in the Gazzetta, new measures are being prepared at the Mit: 'We will work immediately as the Lega Lega group on amendments because there are some interventions that I already have ready, that the parliamentarians already have ready,' Salvini promised, speaking in Milan.

First of all, there will be the long-awaited rule saving the Milanese skyscrapers, kept out of the decree but with the promise to include it in the parliamentary procedure. It will arrive as an amendment, confirmed the deputy prime minister speaking on the sidelines of an Assimpredil Ance event. 'On the past, I do not enter into the merits of judicial enquiries, but a city like Milan cannot stop building authorisations, it cannot stop the development of the city,' Salvini argued, indicating the line: 'we are going to make an intervention to help the hundreds of families who now live in buildings that cannot be demolished.

Another issue under consideration is that of habitability. "I'm thinking about the height of ceilings, I'm thinking about reducing the minimum surface area for habitability," says the leader of the Lega Nord. Revising the requirements for habitability downwards would open up the possibility of making cellars, basements or attics habitable. This is not a new issue, on which the centre-right of the Lazio Region tried to move in September, with three bills in the regional commission, later withdrawn.

In the meantime, another challenge affecting the real estate market is coming to the fore: the transition towards energy-efficient building renovation. As of today, the new European directive on 'Green Homes' is in force. The Twenty-Seven will have two years to comply with the EU regulations aiming at a zero-emission housing stock by 2050. Twenty-four months in which all capitals, including Rome, will have to establish a roadmap to reduce the average energy consumption of houses by 16% by 2030 and 20-22% by 2035. As for non-residential buildings, at least 16% of the worst performing public buildings will have to be renovated by 2030 and 26% by 2023.