Nearly 500 beds have been seized in the past year from homes deemed overcrowded. This is the result of inspections conducted in Palma Campania, near Naples, by the Municipal Police and the municipal technical office, at the center of an initiative championed by Mayor Nello Donnarumma, a member of the Brothers of Italy party.
The mayor posted images on social media of the warehouse where the mattresses removed during the operations were collected. "This is the warehouse where the mattresses seized following overcrowding checks by our Municipal Police and our technical office are taken," Donnarumma wrote.
"Over the past year, we've seized nearly 500 beds (found to be in excess). This is the fruit of the work of our men in uniform," the mayor added, announcing a further crackdown: "We will immediately continue and intensify the fight against overcrowding. Relentlessly. Stop? Never."
Palma Campania, home to one of the largest Bangladeshi communities in the region, has been at the center of a debate over housing overcrowding for years. The issue has fueled protests and initiatives by some residents, and now the mayor's post has reignited the debate.
Numerous users expressed appreciation for the operation, while there were also calls for even more effective measures. Among the critics was Pietro C., who recalled the housing conditions his family had endured in the past: "That warehouse could have been the site of my grandparents' mattresses, considering that nine of them (they had seven children) lived in a 50-square-meter space."
"The problem with these people is that they arrived in an Italy that has forgotten itself and its roots. Unfortunately, today's propaganda points to the number of immigrants as a 'problem to be solved' and distracts us from the real problems of this nation," he added.
Meanwhile, the Municipality reaffirms its commitment to monitoring housing stock and combating overcrowding, while the mayor announces that the inspections will continue.
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