intervention strategies for renovation of social housing estates
intervention strategies for renovation of social housing estates
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Social <strong>housing</strong> <strong>renovation</strong> Italy: which solutions in Dutch <strong>housing</strong> management model? Chapter 3<br />
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RELATION WITH PUBLIC BODIES<br />
ATER has relationship with two public bodies that are, as mentioned be<strong>for</strong>e, the region, and<br />
the municipality <strong>of</strong> Roma. With regards to the asset management, ATER is charged with<br />
maintenance on the building and dwelling level. It manages entrances, storages, garages,<br />
common spaces (elevators, staircases and ro<strong>of</strong>s), intermediate public spaces between two or<br />
more buildings and technical equipments within the flats that are shared at building level.<br />
The municipality is charged with management on the district level such as facilities <strong>of</strong> public<br />
spaces, waste collection, cleaning greenery and lighting infrastructures. The two parties are<br />
not coordinated or supervised by a body on the upper level, so a frequent consequence is<br />
that it is unclear what the border <strong>of</strong> the respective competences is. The municipality has at<br />
its disposal additional financial and <strong>intervention</strong> tools to deal with urban <strong>renovation</strong>; in the<br />
last years they were Contratti di Quartiere (District Contracts) and articoli 11 (articles 11).<br />
The main objective <strong>of</strong> these tools is urban <strong>renovation</strong> and since not many funds are allocated<br />
to intervene on the improvement <strong>of</strong> the buildings’ quality, the result is a set <strong>of</strong> punctual<br />
<strong>intervention</strong>s excluded from a wider strategic <strong>renovation</strong> <strong>of</strong> the whole district.<br />
SUPERVISION SYSTEM<br />
Because there is no coordination at a national level, the supervision system is directly<br />
contributed to the regional level. In the case <strong>of</strong> Lazio, the region checks the financial activity,<br />
fixes criteria regarding management <strong>of</strong> the stock (sale and rent <strong>strategies</strong>, recovery <strong>of</strong><br />
arrearages and credits), elects the board <strong>of</strong> directors, develops guide lines to be followed by<br />
the board <strong>of</strong> directors, and approves the Statue, the year program <strong>of</strong> activities, the budget<br />
and the restructuring plan.<br />
The external supervision is directed to an auditors committee, elected by the region. Its<br />
function is to check the book-keeping and financial management <strong>of</strong> the company and report<br />
the results to the region (Regione Lazio, 2002).<br />
As well as all the other institutes, ATER has to respect all the set <strong>of</strong> strict norms regarding<br />
design and construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> introduced in the 1960s. The approval <strong>of</strong> the<br />
building license is regulated by a specific procedure specifically developed <strong>for</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong><br />
and the building budget is restricted to a maximum standard cost per square meter. At this<br />
moment not one European regulation is acknowledged.<br />
REGULATIONS<br />
Each institute has its own internal regulation represented by the Statue. It defines the<br />
functions <strong>of</strong> each single department within the company, the financing procedure and<br />
criterion regarding financial and accounting rules. (ATER Roma, 2004).<br />
STOCK<br />
The target group entitled <strong>for</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> in Rome includes low-income, elderly, sick<br />
people, handicapped, homeless, drug addicts and ethnic minorities. Nevertheless, as<br />
mentioned with regards to the allocation process, the target is wider and includes richer<br />
families. As a first result <strong>of</strong> the recent income census, it has been estimated that also people<br />
earning up to 180.000 euros per year live in a <strong>social</strong> dwelling; between 6.000 and 10.000<br />
families are over the maximum income quote (pers. comm. Maltese, 2007). According to the<br />
law they should be evicted.<br />
The stock managed by ATER is typologically and technologically much diversified and<br />
consists <strong>of</strong> residential and non-residential <strong>estates</strong> built starting from the beginning <strong>of</strong> the last<br />
century till the last decades. The residential stock amounts to 55.000 dwellings in the<br />
rental sector plus 15.000 dwellings on mortgage, whereas the non-residential stock includes<br />
300 building sites, 3.200 commercial rented rooms and 3.000 storages (common, garbage,<br />
wash-house and water collector’s storages).<br />
The <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> stock houses around 200.000 people, which represents circa 7% <strong>of</strong> the<br />
whole population living in Rome.<br />
8. C<br />
PUBLIC BODIES<br />
SUPERVISION<br />
REGULATION<br />
TARGET GROUP<br />
STOCK<br />
TYPOLOGIES
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