Of course, besides the text, now there is also a date. The government’s bill on evictions for non-payment and fake rent is ready to be submitted to the Council of Ministers. He will do so this Wednesday, when the ministers meet again at Palazzo Chigi.
The framework, government sources confirm, follows several points from the parliamentary proposal of Fratelli d’Italia deputy Alice Buonguerieri: simplified bureaucratic procedures and specific times for carrying out evictions, with an automatic procedure that would start after ten days. But not only that. In it there will also be scope for a crackdown on illegal occupation of the second, third and fourth houses. Rather than an eviction, we are talking about an ad hoc civil procedure that would speed up the time it takes to vacate the property in this case as well. Here it is, the second act of the Security decision.
THE ABUSER
The bill’s focus is not just on defaulters, as many in the executive branch had hoped. Only a few days ago the League introduced a new security package that the Deputy Minister of Justice, Andrea Ostellari, and the Minister of the Interior, Nicola Molteni, had been working on for weeks. Among the promises was the expansion of rapid evictions to all illegally occupied properties, as had been foreseen for the first homes through the security decree. Which among other things introduced the crime of “arbitrary occupation of property intended for another person’s home”, punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years. Those who worked on the Eviction Bill document emphasize that “the text responds to allies’ requests”, but underline that the planned procedure for illegal occupation will be different from that outlined by the Security decree: it will be a special civil procedure that, in any case, will allow owners to carry out the release of property quickly: according to the latest version, within ten days as for defaulters. The possibility of acceleration – is explained – thanks to the fact that the certificate of ownership – will be enough to start the execution.
AUTOMATION
Despite improvements in recent days, the bill retains, as mentioned, several points contained in the bill proposed in September by lawmaker Melonian Buonguerieri.
As anticipated by Il Messaggero, the procedure for issuing letters of release was canceled, namely a practical notification from a judicial official notifying the day of the execution. Therefore, a warrant, a formal document containing a deadline for compliance, namely 10 days, is sufficient. Therefore, already from the eleventh, if the house is not vacated, then the enforcement procedure by the bailiffs will automatically be triggered. Owners will also be relieved of the difficulties associated with the disposal of movable property left in the building: a step that currently places a heavy burden on their homes. These objects will be considered abandoned and the owner may throw them away or destroy them if they are not removed within the time limit of enforcement procedures: thirty days from notification.
The grace period remains unchanged, it is possible for tenants in a situation of temporary economic hardship to appeal to a judge to set a time limit for correcting arrears. However, a faster process will also begin for them. They will be able to pay off their arrears, through the courts, more than twice (currently there are three) in a four year period.
CONTROVERSY
Measures that, in recent days, have generated a certain amount of controversy from the opposition, fear that the bill will worsen the existing situation of marginality, or will turn into “repressive harsh measures”. It was the “unfounded” fear, according to many members of the majority, and especially the Fdi, that was at the origin of the proposal: “Those who are temporarily in difficulty will retain all the rights granted, but let us increase protection for owners who have to face a situation that is now increasingly difficult”. For the centre-right, the question is to provide an early response to the housing emergency by restarting the currently stalled property market. However, without forgetting another part of the “housing plan” the government is working on: price-controlled housing for those in economic hardship. A company in a country with a public housing shortage and an outdated building stock.
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