Category: Loss of Population and Urban Fabric

Calle dei Guardiani: Eviction of Last Venetian Resident Postponed Again

July 6, 2024

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

Assembly Against the Access Ticket at Rialto: “The Ticket is An Obvious Failure”

June 16, 2024

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 First Numbers Show that the Entry Ticket is Useless for Managing the Flow of Tourists in Venice

May 8, 2024

Overnight stays in non-hotel rental facilities are very high: intervention on an administrative and non-administrative level is absolutely necessary [Ed. Note: the following is a press release from Giovanni Andrea Martini, City Councilor in Venice and leader of the association Tutta la Città Insieme] The balance sheet for the first 11 days of the entry … More The First Numbers Show that the Entry Ticket is Useless for Managing the Flow of Tourists in Venice

The Last Sunday Without an Entry Ticket to Venice and the Measure Remains Divisive

April 22, 2024

There are some people who don’t want to pay five euros and others who are asking for the price to be twenty or thirty euros, with transportation and services included By Maria Ducoli April 22, 2024 It wasn’t yet half past ten, but Venice was already like an aquarium full of fish, too many of … More The Last Sunday Without an Entry Ticket to Venice and the Measure Remains Divisive

“600 days without regulation on short-term rentals”: an Ironic “Lion” is Awarded to the Mayor

April 14, 2024

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

Venice Drops Below 49,000 Residents and the Mainland Grows

April 9, 2024

Urban planner Laura Fregolent (Iuav): “In addition to the figure of the decline in the birth rate, there is an objective absence of policies useful for reversing the trend. The main issue is housing” 3 April 2024 [Ed. Note: this site has been quiet for a month or so due to a variety of things … More Venice Drops Below 49,000 Residents and the Mainland Grows

“Save Yourself While You Still Can”. Drugs and Poverty Mark New Year in Brugnaro’s Mestre.

January 7, 2024

“Battisti Elementary has a view right onto Via Dante, the pedestrian and cycle road that leads to the underpass to Marghera, which is often a meeting place for drug dealers and users. An emblematic message has appeared on the walls of the underpass in recent days: ‘Mestre is a condemnation. If you’re going there, save … More “Save Yourself While You Still Can”. Drugs and Poverty Mark New Year in Brugnaro’s Mestre.

“Not a Real Housing Plan, but Propaganda”

December 9, 2023

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”

The “Urban Degeneration” that Makes Living in Venice Even More Difficult

November 25, 2023

Bars and restaurants invade campos and calli and drive out local services and shops. Every Venetian leaving home sees how the city is being transformed: considerations starting from the changes in the storefronts in Campo San Giacomo da l’Orio By Mario Santi November 18, 2023 On the corner that goes from the campo to Calle … More The “Urban Degeneration” that Makes Living in Venice Even More Difficult