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The number of poor Belluno families is growing. Trade unions: more services and aid are needed

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In the province, from 2019 to 2020, families in absolute poverty (that is, they do not have the money to buy basic necessities) went from 6% to 7.1%, while those in relative poverty (measured on unnecessary consumer goods ) rose from 6.6% to 8.2%

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It is poverty alarm in the province of Belluno. It was launched by the pensioners’ unions and the general secretariats at the end of the social bargaining process. To aggravate a situation that is unfortunately already present in the area, “it was the pandemic that also contributed to increasing isolation among young people, putting the coffers of the municipalities in crisis and highlighting other critical issues typical of the Belluno area such as digital and infrastructural poverty »Begins Michele Ferraro of Uil. These problems add to those of depopulation and an aging population.

In the first six months of the year, 14 municipalities contacted by the unions out of a total of 61. These are Belluno, Agordo, Feltre, Danta, Ponte nelle Alpi, Pieve di Cadore, Comelico Superiore, Rocca Pietore, Livinallongo, La Valle agordina, Falcade, Taibon, San Vito and Domegge. Realities that represent 75% of the population.

The new poor are those with low incomes, perhaps separated with a mortgage, who have no particular skills and who struggle to achieve work and social reintegration. But also single women whose incomes are lower than those of men. In the province, from 2019 to 2020, families in absolute poverty (that is, they do not have the money to buy basic necessities) went from 6% to 7.1%, while those in relative poverty (measured on unnecessary consumer goods ) rose from 6.6% to 8.2%. Data in line with those of Northern Italy. “They are data on the rise”, emphasizes Rudy Roffarè of the CISL secretariat, “which are added to other poverty such as education, housing, technology exploded during the pandemic and infrastructural poverty that has led to accentuating the isolation of people”. Faced with this situation, the municipalities were asked to reduce some rates such as home meals and bringing the threshold for the exemption for the home assistance service to 9,360 euros per year, a sum that defines the poverty threshold. “We need to strengthen social services, but also think about a different housing policy,” says Maria Rita Gentilin of the SPI CGIL.

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The elderly and home emergency

«Soon one of the emergencies will be housing: more and more people are unable to meet the costs of a house or an apartment and are asking to be able to share the costs with someone. We therefore asked to think about forms of co-housing for the self-sufficient by reusing the renovated municipal buildings », says Mauro De Carli of the CGIL. “In this way we overcome the problem of both housing costs and solitude.” «Municipalities must pay attention to families made up of a single elderly person who are not supported by an adequate family network. In fact, according to a projection, between now and 2030 the over 65s will increase by 18.28%, while the 14-year-olds will decrease by 18.87%. A gap that will make the generational change difficult, putting the social stability in question “, Gentilin points out, highlighting that” if in 1992 we had 28.28 people between 50 and 74 who could take care of an over 85 year old, now they are only 8.8 . It is therefore necessary to strengthen social services by increasing the hours to be dedicated to the elderly ».

Municipalities in crisis

But even the municipalities are in serious financial difficulty. The administration surpluses have gone from over 36 million euros in 2019 to less than 30 million in 2020. So many do not feel like investing in tax relief at the moment, waiting to hook the resources related to the NRP. But only Pieve di Cadore, this year has decided to bring the exemption from the additional income tax to 15 thousand euros. “We are pushing for the Province to act as the contracting authority for tenders and to avoid the maximum discounts that put companies and workers in difficulty. We have also pushed on direct assignment to give work to our companies. We are thinking of introducing community cooperatives to manage small jobs, also with a view to combating poverty “. For Maurizio Cappellin of the Fnp Cisl”, a means of overcoming the financial gaps of the municipalities, especially the smallest ones, remains fusion “.pda

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