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Italy’s Meloni Backs Housing Access Plan as Election Nears
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/BloombergGiorgia Meloni’s government presented a series of measures aimed at expanding housing access for Italians, part of a push to address cost-of-living concerns as the prime minister prepares for a general election in 2027.
“If all goes to plan, our objective is to make a total of more than 100,000 homes available in the 10 years,” Meloni told reporters in Rome on Thursday after a cabinet meeting. “The message we’re trying to get across is that we’re trying to solve problems.”