From the Hassler to the Terme di Saturnia: who receives the funds for employee housing

There are the Terme di Saturnia, the luxury resort Stroblhof on Lake Garda, the W Hotel in Poltu Quatu (Arzachena) and the Resort Le Saline Palau. But also the Hassler hotel in Rome, one of the most prestigious in the capital. These are the names that appear among the recipients of the incentive for companies in the tourism sector which supports workers' accommodation costs: a measure promoted by the Ministry of Tourism and managed by Invitalia which allocates 120 million euros in the three-year period 2025-2027 with the aim of creating 63 thousand beds. With the publication of the decrees last October 6, the list of beneficiary companies reached 146.

«Staff House represents the first organic home plan dedicated to tourism» and a «response to one of the most concrete needs of the sector: finding adequate and sustainable accommodation for workers, in the territories in which they are employed. It is a structural measure, which improves the quality of life, strengthens the ability of companies to attract staff and makes the entire tourism system more competitive" comments the Minister of Tourism Gianmarco Mazzi.

“Staff house” is divided into two lines of intervention. The first is a non-repayable contribution (in capital account) aimed at companies that intend to redevelop, modernize or complete housing for their workers at subsidized conditions. The project must foresee a total expenditure of between 500 thousand and 5 million euros and guarantee the availability of at least 10 beds to be used exclusively for accommodation for employees for a minimum period of 9 years. The maximum amount that can be granted is 4 million.

For 2025, 14.23 million euros were awarded to 26 entities who requested it. The largest amount (1.5 million) went to a small company, "In Table", which manages the restaurant and bar services within the Camping Village Marina di Venezia, one of the largest and most popular campsites in Europe. To Felco Tourism division, whose main activity revolves around the Resort Le Saline Palau, 1.018 million euros. Just under one million (908 thousand euros) the incentive for Salso Maggiore Terme Resort and 863 thousand euros for the Hotel Lamm of Steiner & Co., the management company of the Hotel Tuberis in Tubre (Taufers im Münstertal), in the province of Bolzano.

The second line of intervention of the Staff House incentive consists of current contributions to cover the costs incurred by tourism businesses to rent and make living spaces available for their employees (both seasonal and permanent). The incentive provides for a maximum contribution of up to three thousand euros per year for each bed created with guaranteed economic support for a period of time between 5 and 10 years.