CDP Real Asset at the presentation of the Federproprietà-Censis report on housing

CDP Real Asset at the presentation of the Federproprietà-Censis report on housing

Once again this year CDP Real Asset collaborated on the survey that Censis carries out for Federproprietà on the topic of housing, a snapshot of Italians' feelings on the many aspects and issues surrounding a central topic that has become a concern not only nationally, but also in Europe. 

The third edition of the report was presented on Friday, 13 July, in the Zuccari Room of the Senate, in the presence of political and business leaders. The title: “2024-2030 Agenda. The housing transition: the possible home”.

Filippo Catena, head of CDP Real Asset's Social Housing Funds, spoke on the response to the housing emergency that can in part be offered by Social Housing, of which CDP is a promoter – often together with Banking Foundations – with the financial support of market operators and in cooperation with central and local public bodies.

Catena began by underscoring the importance of public-private partnerships, which on the one hand create a multiplier effect of the resources invested thanks to the attraction of private resources, and on the other make it easier to identify public properties that are no longer in use to be allocated to social housing projects, which thus become a driving force for urban regeneration. Catena also emphasised the role of social housing as a “vehicle of social advancement”, because a medium-long term rent at moderate rates can allow the tenant to become a homeowner, thus increasing family wealth.

Finally, Catena illustrated CDP Real Asset's commitment to the other two S’s of social housing: student and senior housing: "We’re investing heavily in low-rent housing for off-campus students, while in major cities we’re starting to test a senior housing model – for self-sufficient senior citizens – that combines housing with a series of services dedicated to inclusion, well-being and healthcare". This is a challenge that is made more arduous in a country like Italy by the need for a change in culture, shifting from the concept of ownership to renting, even for the elderly. But it remains an issue that must be dealt with given the gradual increase in the proportion of seniors, the age of the buildings they live in and the increasing absence of a family network that can care for them.

Read the Press Release from Censis on the report