Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies approved the 'piano casa' on Tuesday, June 23, by 165 votes to 117 with five abstentions and the measure now proceeds to the Senate for final consideration.
- The law sets up a national extraordinary program to recover and maintain public and social housing and establishes a special commissioner to implement the work.
- During final debate Futuro Nazionale deputy Rossano Sasso said public-housing intercoms now show names like Omar and Mohamed rather than Giuseppe or Maria, remarks that prompted protests and sharp accusations of racism from opposition MPs.
- Deputy Ouidad Bakkali was called to order while protesting Sasso’s interventions and temporarily left the chamber, and opposition leaders compared the language to Italy’s 1938 racial laws
- Futuro Nazionale defended its 'first Italians' stance and denied racism while some centre‑right figures criticised the wording and Lega pushed a separate citizenship-revocation bill, leaving the Senate vote and possible institutional sanctions as key next steps