(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 03 - In our country 20.5% of families (5.2 million) live in rent.
On a national level, the rent for a 100 square meter apartment in a semi-central area is 538 euros per month (6,450 euros per year), which accounts for 19.9% of the family budget.
But in large cities, peaks of 1,400 euros per month are reached, which account for more than 50% of the family budget.
To calculate it is the Uil - Labor service, cohesion and territory in a ratio on the rental costs.
In particular, Rome is at the top of rents with a monthly fee of 1,415 euros, while Caltanissetta is in the queue with 218 euros a month.
In detail, in Rome the rent accounts for 52.4% of the family budget;
in Milan for 50.3% (1,358 euros per month);
34.3% in Bologna (925 euros per month);
in Florence for 33.7% (910 euros per month);
in Como for 31% (838 euros per month).
It is clear, underlines the confederal secretary of UIL, Ivana Veronese, "that the issue of housing costs arises and not only because of the 'rising bills', but also in reference to the high rents. Consequently, the need to adjust wages and pensions at the real cost of living. We ask the new government to put the issue of housing back at the center of the political debate, which was forgotten during the electoral campaign, and to tackle the emergency evictions quickly ".
At the same time, Veronese still maintains, "it is necessary to introduce sufficient resources for a medium and long-term plan capable of substantially increasing public residential housing and significantly increasing the resources of the fund to support rents and for innocent arrears".