Crackdown on unauthorised occupation of Atc housing in Turin (2026)
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Throughout 2026 the Territorial Housing Agency of Central Piedmont (Atc) carries out, with the support of the local police and law enforcement, a series of operations to recover social housing units unlawfully occupied in Turin and in the municipality of Moncalieri. The recovered properties are secured and, after the necessary restoration works, returned to the Agency's pool for new allocations to families on the waiting list [1][2][3][4].
The via Roveda raid
On 18 September 2026, Atc staff, with the support of law enforcement, regain possession of a ground-floor flat at via Roveda 45, in the Mirafiori district, unlawfully occupied since 2022 by a household that had prompted numerous complaints from neighbours over cohabitation problems. The operation, longer than expected, also requires dealing with a pet abandoned in the flat by the occupants, which is subsequently taken in by the municipal dog pound. It is the second recovery in 72 hours in the same building, after another flat on corso Salvemini two days earlier: with this operation, unauthorised occupations in the building at via Roveda 45, which has 49 housing units, are reduced to zero [1][2].
Five units recovered in four days
Between 6 and 9 October 2026, Atc Piemonte Centrale, in cooperation with the local police of Turin and Moncalieri, recovers five unlawfully occupied housing units. The operations involve a flat on via Ternengo, in the Barriera di Milano district, already vacated in mid-September and then occupied again; a flat occupied for several months by three young foreign women between corso Farini and via Faà di Bruno, in Vanchiglia, where material unlawfully stored in the cellars and common areas is also removed; makeshift bedding set up in the cellars of the corso Lecce complex; and a flat on via Cilea, in the Regio Parco district, occupied in 2025 and then abandoned by the unauthorised household. In Moncalieri, on via Juglaris, Atc staff, supported by the local police, also prevent a fresh attempt at occupation by a woman already evicted in April [4][5].
Further recoveries on 28 October
On 28 October 2026 Atc recovers a further three units occupied without title: one in the via Faà di Bruno complex, in the Vanchiglia district, one on via Maddalene, in the Regio Parco district, and one on via Bosconero, in Borgo Vittoria, where, with the support of the Carabinieri, a person who had unlawfully occupied, since the previous March, a flat registered to their mother, is removed [3].
Statements
The operations are presented in a series of joint statements by the deputy president of the Piedmont Region, Maurizio Marrone, and the president of Atc Piemonte Centrale, Maurizio Pedrini, who speak of a «zero tolerance» line towards unlawful occupations and a commitment to returning housing units «to those entitled to them» [1][3][4][5]. The City of Turin's councillor for security and local police, Marco Porcedda, highlights the role of the Local Police's specialist units in restoring lawful occupation conditions in public housing [2].
Sources
- TorinoToday — 18 September 2026
- TorinoOggi — 18 September 2026
- TorinoToday — 28 October 2026
- Prima Torino — 10 October 2026
- CronacaQui Torino — 9 October 2026