From aid to adapt properties to suspended mortgages: ok to the decree for the Campi Flegrei

70% of the expenses paid by the State to secure one's home, which rises to 100% for those who declare less than 28 thousand euros of income. And again: the suspension of mortgages until the end of 2027 and, above all, a multi-year fund worth one billion over ten years. These are the cornerstones of the extraordinary plan for the Campi Flegrei approved by the Council of Ministers, which the head of Civil Protection Nello Musumeci, in the press conference immediately after the meeting, defined as "not an emergency law, but a law of prevention".

The area, explained the minister, is not comparable to the classic earthquake risk, in which an event is followed by reconstruction and a return to normality. 85 thousand inhabitants live here in 15 thousand buildings, exposed to bradyseism which in recent years has increased the intensity of the tremors. The measures were expected weeks ago with the amendments to the PA decree, which were left out during the examination in the Chamber.

The principle is that the State does not promise to eliminate the risk, but assumes the duty to reduce exposure and vulnerability, to prepare the population for possible removal and to allow those who request it to adapt their structures to anti-seismic regulations. The extraordinary tool has been in use since September 2023: with the reorganization, the objective is not to wait until the exceptional situation becomes a catastrophe to intervene.

Governance is unique and entrusted to the pro tempore president of the Campania Region as commissioner, with management over a ten-year horizon not linked to the emergency of displaced people, because "a prevention law must survive". The commissioner, who is solely responsible for the program and is responsible for "what, how and when", will have to report every six months to the Government and every year to Parliament, with a public report on the status of the interventions.

Civil Protection is left with risk monitoring, planning, alerting, exercises and national coordination: "Let's not transform the commissioner into a super chief of civil protection."