EDITORIAL

by Riccardo Novacco Federcasa President

The management of the ‘public/social housing’ sector will have to take into account the emerging needs of citizens, offering - in addition to definite answers to housing needs - different services than those offered so far. Social policies are constantly evolving, not least because of the strong immigration taking place that is changing the connotation of our cities, which increasingly have and will need to be modernised.

In this new context, social housing corporations have what it takes to become an active part of the new course of social policies.

The person at the centre. The aim is to guarantee a plurality of services to people in need of medical, psychological, economic and employment support: the starting point will be the allocation of housing through calls for tenders; the tools to pursue it will be cooperation with the third sector and the implementation of an active teamwork between institutions.

The innovation of housing and social policies will also pass through integrated actions between the public and private sectors.

The context does not allow us to neglect the ‘Security’ aspect in living, in the double meaning of prevention and repression of crimes against people, but also of security of buildings that, in the specific case of European heritage, need constant monitoring, especially in the many seismic risk areas.

The projects collected in this special issue testify that the new path is already underway and the results will not be long in coming.

My heartfelt thanks go to you, Associates, the first and indispensable agents of change..