Historic buildings are purchased by corporations and, through trickery and deception, later converted into tourist apartments. In Venice, everything is for sale. And the city is being sold off piece by piece. By Martina Zennaro October 8, 2025 Eighteen public housing units, which are part of a building on Calle dei Guardiani, in the … More Venice For Sale: Money Talks, Zoning Laws Walk
Bed and breakfast owners: “We’ve been forced to lower prices. We’re hoping the Film Festival will help”. Giacomin (ABBAV): “Rentals are down 20-30%. Blame the narrative about the city.” By Laura Berlinghieri August 2, 2025 Finally, the inevitable has happened, in a “where” that has long suffered from a paradox, for a place that calls … More Too Many B&Bs in Venice: a thousand properties closed in a year.
The eight families still living there have received an eviction notice from the State Property Agency, and the former barracks has been listed for sale. Resident Paolo Gatto, the soul of the mobilization: “I invested all my savings here” By Maria Ducoli July 4, 2025 “The only certainty I have is that I’m not moving … More Evicted Sanguineti Tenants Are Determined: “We Will Not Leave Our Home”
Thousands of ATER housing units are vacant, with over 10,000 families waiting for a home. The lack of resources for maintenance is holding up assignments, with old and neglected buildings, especially in Venice By Laura Berlinghieri and Annalisa Girardi November 02, 2024 There are almost 8,000 vacant homes throughout Veneto, but there are over 10,000 … More Public Housing, Close to 8,000 Homes Vacant for Lack of Maintenance Funds
The Commission returns for another inspection, and a 300-page dossier is delivered by the Municipality. Associations and committees invoke the “blacklist” to make the world understand the state of degradation and fragility of the city by Vera Mantengoli November 1, 2024 The Commission returns for another inspection, and a 300-page dossier is delivered by the … More Venice Under Scrutiny by UNESCO Again
A 120-day limit per year as a threshold, in-person reception, key boxes, separate waste collection and a vademecum to respect the city: all the innovations introduced by the Brugnaro council By Eugenio Pendolini October 24, 2024 The first regulation for short-term rentals in Venice is in sight. The council has given the green light to … More New Municipal Regulations on Short-term Rentals in Venice
The former municipal complex, owned by a Roman real estate company, will become a residence for tourists. Carla’s eviction has been postponed with the help of ASC activists By Leonardo Bison July 5, 2024 There were long hours of tension and negotiations this morning in Calle dei Guardiani, Dorsoduro, where the fourth attempt to evict … More Calle dei Guardiani: Eviction of Last Venetian Resident Postponed Again
Dozens of associations take stock after twenty days of experimentation. “Tutta la città insieme” reels off the data obtained with access to the documents: “The flows of tourists are not decreasing” By Leonardo Bison June 15, 2024 The opposition to the “entry fee” to Venice met today at the Rialto fish market. Or at least … More Assembly Against the Access Ticket at Rialto: “The Ticket is An Obvious Failure”
The activists of the Alta Tensione Abitativa campaign awarded the administration with a “Lion with its tail between its legs”. “An historic opportunity masterfully avoided”. The group’s proposal for a national law was relaunched afterwards at Rialto. It was a symbolic and ironic action, but full of political value, organized today at Ca’ Farsetti by … More “600 days without regulation on short-term rentals”: an Ironic “Lion” is Awarded to the Mayor
Opposition parties speak out against the Brugnaro administration’s three-year plan for the restoration of 538 vacant public housing units: “A strategy is required” By Maria Ducoli December 8, 2023 Everyone agrees, minority parties and associations, in saying that what was presented last Tuesday by commissioners Michele Zuin and Simone Venturini “is not a Housing Plan”, … More “Not a Real Housing Plan, but Propaganda”
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