No to 20 square meter studios, Salvini against the Regional Council: «Wrong choice, Sardinians penalized»
The minister, father of the Salva Casa, criticizes the decisions on the adaptation of the law on the Island: «They are not residential niches, they give an answer to the growing need for housing»
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In Sardinia, 20 square meter studio apartments are not allowed to be habitable, the minimum surface area remains 28. This was decided by the Urban Planning Commission of the Regional Council, which in recent days gave the first green light to the Sardinian adaptation of the national decree law “Salva Casa” , which allows for the repair of non-conformities in homes, if they do not border on building abuses. A choice that the father of that law, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, does not like. While the Sardinian process is still underway (approval by the Chamber is expected by the end of the month, early June at the latest), the number one at the MIT criticizes the choices of the building on Via Roma.
The leader of the League expresses "strong perplexity regarding Sardinia's decision not to fully implement the provisions of the Decree on minimum habitability measures for studio apartments. This choice, manifested in the exclusion of this rule from the Regional Bill for the reorganization of construction and urban planning", Salvini claims, "appears to be a strategic error that risks penalizing Sardinian citizens and creating unjustified territorial disparities".
The ministry emphasizes that the national law " does not intend to promote residential "niches", but to provide a pragmatic and necessary response to the growing demand for flexible and accessible housing, especially in urban contexts where real estate costs are high, ensuring in any case compliance with the stringent conditions set by the national legislator to guarantee the safety, hygiene and healthiness of the buildings concerned".
In essence, it is " a measure designed for young workers, students and singles, which allows for the valorization of existing building assets, limiting the consumption of new land".
The consequence of the Regional Council's decision is a "failure to open up to a more diversified and accessible housing offer", which in Sardinia "risks accentuating territorial disparities and penalising Sardinian citizens, isolating the region from a process of making size standards more flexible, now recognised as necessary at a national level".
