Decree Law No. 66 of 7 May 2026, containing urgent provisions for the Housing Plan, has been published in the Official Gazette

On 7 May 2026, Decree-Law No. 66 of 7 May 2026, the so-called “Housing Plan” (Piano Casa), was published in the Official Gazette. The decree introduces a comprehensive measure aimed at the recovery and regeneration of the public residential housing stock, with a focus on urban regeneration and the increase in the supply of housing at capped rents.

The decree — with a view to addressing the housing needs of young people and university students, out-of-town workers, young couples and separated parents, as well as to implementing models of solidarity-based domestic cohabitation for elderly persons (senior cohousing) and intergenerational cohousing — sets out extraordinary measures to promote the developement and enhancement of public, social and integrated residential housing projects, intended for sale or rental at capped prices, including through building replacement interventions, recovery and conversion of non-income-generating and unused public real estate assets, and projects to counter urban, building, environmental and social degradation or for urban regeneration, with the aim of increasing the sustainable supply of affordable housing.

In particular, the decree provides, inter alia, for an extraordinary programme for the recovery of unused or non-standard public housing units, intended to be returned to the market through leases or subsidised disposals. The identification of the relevant properties is entrusted to an extraordinary commissioner who will determine the assets involved, operating in coordination with local authorities and public companies. Administrative simplifications are also introduced: the simplified services conference (conferenza di servizi semplificata) procedure applies to interventions for the recovery of public assets, with reduced time limits (30 days, or 40 where constraints apply) and procedural acceleration mechanisms. For urban planning, building restructuring and demolition and reconstruction interventions, recourse to the SCIA (Segnalazione Certificata di Inizio Attività) is permitted.

The decree entered into force on 8 May 2026.