ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLE TO BOOST STUDENT HOUSING, AS SHORTAGES PROMPT PROTESTS
December 28th, 2023
Concerns are growing about the shortage of student housing in Italy, with a series of rallies sparking a nationwide protest in over 25 cities during October (2023), with the government and universities scrambling to respond. The country’s HE accommodation challenges were highlighted nationally in May (2023) when an out-of-town environmental engineering student at Milan Polytechnic (Politecnico di Milano) pitched a tent and camped out in protest on university grounds, saying she could not afford to live elsewhere.
The protest quickly spread to other Italian ...
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