Rome, 30 April 2026 - “The Piano Casa launched today by the government represents an important and long-awaited step. We welcome the strategic commitment made to launching initiatives aimed at making 100,000 homes available at lowered prices over the next ten years and the announcement of approximately EUR 10 billion in total resources to which we can add resources from private investors,” commented Confindustria president Emanuele Orsini.

“Although we are waiting to read the texts, a significant intervention is outlined, which aims to address one of the country's structural problems through measures that are in line with what Confindustria has called for. In Italy,” continues Emanuele Orsini, 'the housing emergency has now taken on a systemic dimension: it no longer only concerns the most fragile groups, but directly affects the competitiveness of the production system and the ability of companies to grow. Today, companies are finding it increasingly difficult to find workers: the demographic decline with a reduction of 5 million people of working age between now and 2040, the exodus of young people and a mismatch between supply and demand that makes it difficult to find almost 50% of the profiles sought. Factors that are amplified by a determining factor: the cost of housing, which is now misaligned with labour productivity - and, consequently, with average wages - in many areas of the country, not only in the Centre-North and in large cities, but also in territories with a strong industrial vocation. The consequence is an obvious short-circuit: where there is work there is a lack of people, and where there are people there is often a lack of opportunities. The lack of affordable housing blocks territorial mobility and also makes it more difficult to attract investors and workers from abroad'.

“For us, some elements remain central, which according to what the government announced today should be addressed in the approved measures: urban simplifications, an efficient use of public assets, the activation of financial instruments and funds dedicated to housing, and the involvement of private investors.

“It is also fundamental,” Orsini concludes, "to involve the regions and municipalities, which will be decisive players in addressing the housing emergency, and to enhance and coordinate the initiatives that have already been launched, both at the European and national levels, to ensure that the Plan is put on the ground in a timely and effective manner. The housing challenge is not only a social one: it is a major economic and industrial issue that concerns growth, the attractiveness of territories and the future of work in Italy".