Overview
- fio.PSD counted 414 deaths among people without stable housing in 2025, and reporting notes at least 10 more in the first five days of 2026 across several regions.
- ‘Tutti Contano’ is scheduled for January 26, 28 and 29 in the 14 metropolitan cities, with volunteers conducting night counts and anonymized interviews under ISTAT coordination.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ‘Piano Casa’ targets 100,000 controlled‑rent homes over ten years, but the budget shows no 2026 funds and €50 million each in 2027 and 2028, drawing criticism as inadequate for homelessness strategies.
- The 2025 data attribute about 42% of deaths to sudden illnesses or disease exacerbated by life on the streets and roughly 40% to traumatic, accidental or violent events.
- Victims were predominantly men (91.5%) and mostly non‑EU nationals (56.5%), with an average age of 46.3, and more than half of deaths occurred in northern regions with a majority in provincial areas.