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2.5 HOUSING
2.5.1 RENT CONTRACT
The rent contract is the act with which the owner of a house concedes in use his/her place against payment of a monthly sum. A rent contract must be registered at competent Registry Office for two reasons:
- The owner of an apartment must pay tax on sum of money he/she receives from rent;
- If there are any disagreements with the owner, a tenant cannot be expelled from the apartment arbitrarily.
For more inquiries and assistance during the phase of stipulation of contract, it is possible to make inquiries at the Sindacato degli Inquilini (Tenant Association).
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2.5.2 COUNCIL HOUSES
For the assignment of a Casa popolare (Council House - House that is property of the Comune with a very low rent), it is necessary to present request to the Azienda Territoriale Edilizia Residenziale (ATER, once IACP) at the time in which announcement of assignment is made. This announcement can be found at the territory competent ATER Office or at the Comune.
Requisites to obtain a Council House are:
- Registered residence or employment activity in a comune within the territory to which announcement refers;
- must not be owner or usufructuary of other accommodations;
- Total yearly income of family nucleus not exceeding limit of law.
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2.5.3 RECEPTION CENTRES AND SOCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Reception centres are structures that supply temporary accommodation, mostly free, to those foreigners who have no house or money to pay rent.
For foreigners there also exist social accommodations, collective or private, predisposed by Comuni, Provinces, Regions or voluntary associations. They are prevalently centres organised in the form of hostels, open to Italians and foreigners, with the aim to offer a dignified accommodation at not too high prices.
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