HISTORY
Since the closing years of the last century, Fondazione Cariplo has been resolutely addressing the issue of housing emergency through interventions in the Private Social Housing sector with the traditional approach of grants, based on calls for tender.
However, the complexity of the initiatives and the increased demand for financial resources meant that the resources provided, though significant, were found to be insufficient and the existing instruments on the market were inadequate.
To overcome these limits, Fondazione Cariplo decided to systematically tackle the Social Housing question and in 2004, with the participation and support of Lombardy Region and the Lombardy ANCI, it set up a dedicated foundation, Fondazione Housing Sociale (“FHS” or the “Foundation“), with the purpose of developing the Social Housing Program and promoting the development and strengthening of the sector in accordance with the values of Fondazione Cariplo.
FHS has since played a leading role in the development of the social housing sector in Italy, having promoted the creation of the Investment Fund for Housing (FIA – Fondo Investimenti per l’Abitare), managed by CDPI SGR, which was at the basis of the Integrated Fund System (SIF) (which was activated in the light of the National Housing Plan referred to in the DPCM of 16 July, 2009), and which implements social housing projects throughout Italy.
FHS today operates mainly as a promoter of the sector as a whole, and as technical-social advisor to the funds that invest in social housing in Italy, providing assistance in the design of the urban, architectural and social aspects of the projects and assistance in the social support of the communities of residents.
FHS is also engaged in the creation of tools for the promotion of social housing, and in the dissemination of the specific knowhow it has acquired through the Masters in Social and Collaborative Housing, offered in partnership with the Politecnico di Milano, and through publication of the manuals “The Social Manager, administering the property and managing the community in social housing projects” (Il gestore sociale, amministrare gli immobile e gestire la comunità nei progetti di housing sociale) (2011), “Creating Social Housing: a Handbook for Designers” (Realizzare Housing Sociale. Promemoria per chi progetta) (2015), and “Starting Up Communities, a design-kit for collaborative living” (2016).
Over the course of 2013, FHS became a participatory foundation, with the purpose of becoming a point of reference for social housing sector operators, for institutions, and for new actors who wish to enter the sector, thus enabling a more direct participation in the Foundation’s activity and tools; the Foundation continues to perform its functions of testing ground and quality controller for the projects implemented.
STATUTE
MISSION
FHS is a non-profit organization which pursues social solidarity goals and aims to help solve the housing shortage, with particular regard to situations of economic and/or social disadvantage, as well as fostering the creation of housing contexts to explore and test out positive relations with the other inhabitants of the local community, supported by a network of services. The areas of activity of the Foundation are social housing and community welfare, namely the combination of actions, initiatives and tools that facilitate access by disadvantaged people to a dignified housing and social environment in which they can experience rich and meaningful human relationships.
Social housing is defined as a combination of actions, initiatives and tools – undertaken both directly and by supporting third-party initiatives – that are aimed at facilitating access by disadvantaged people to a dignified housing and social environment which enables them to improve and strengthen their situation.
In line with Fondazione Cariplo’s values, FHS promotes the growth of non-profit operators that extend the activity of property management with community management and services for residents and the local neighborhood.
FHS pursues coordination with public housing policies of a social nature by seeking to maximize the share of housing available at fixed, affordable, or social rent.
FOUNDING PARTNERS
FHS was founded by Fondazione Cariplo with the participation of Regione Lombardia and ANCI Lombardia.
In addition to the directors appointed by Fondazione Cariplo, the Board of Directors includes a member appointed by Regione Lombardia and one appointed by Lombardy ANCI, so as to facilitate coordination between the activities and objectives of the Fondazione and those of the regional and local authorities of Lombardy.
BODIES
Board of Directors
BALDUCCI Alessandro – President
DE STASIO Vincenzo
PAINI Francesca
GIANNINI Domenico
SANTAGOSTINO Yuri
GEREVINI Marco – Managing Director and Director
INGARAMO Luisa
CHIAVARI Daniele
Supervisory Board
PIZZINI Flavio (Chairman)
FACCINI Silvia (Standing Auditor)
ROSSINI Silvio (Standing Auditor)
The following are the bodies of the Foundation:
Assembly
The Assembly is composed of all Participants
Board of Directors
The Foundation is administered by a Board of Directors composed of between 8 (eight) and 10 (ten) members, of which:
a) three appointed by Fondazione Cariplo;
b) one appointed by the President of the Regional Council of Lombardy Region;
c) one appointed by the National Association of Italian Lombardy Municipalities (ANCI);
d) three co-opted by the incumbent Board of Directors;
e) up to two additional members co-opted by the Board of Directors from among the Members, if present.
President
The President is appointed by the Board of Directors, which chooses him/her from among the Directors appointed by the Founder.
Director
The Director is appointed by the Board of Directors, in accordance with a proposal from the President.
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board is composed of three full members and two alternate members, to include:
– the Chairman and an alternate member appointed by the Founder
– one full member and one alternate member appointed by the President of the Regional Council of Lombardy Region
– one full member appointed by the National Association of Italian Municipalities of Lombardy (ANCI).
BALANCE SHEET
The financial year runs from 1 January to 31 December each year. The first approved financial report available is that of 31/12/2004.
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
TEAM
| President | Managing Director and Director | |
 Alessandro Balducci |  Giordana Ferri | |
| Finance | ||
 Michele Grimolizzi |  Rinaldo Canzi |  Diego Dagradi |
 Edoardo Nicolini |  Roberto Iannaccone | |
| Urban and Architectural Planning | ||
 Simonetta Venosta |  Ludovico Da Prato |  Davide Di Ceglie |
| Service Design, Housing Welfare, and Community development | ||
 Luciana Pacucci |  Roberta Conditi |  Monica Moschini |
 Martina Valsesia |  Valentina Zaro |  Silvia Meazza |
 Chiara Galeazzi |  Cecilia Rendina |  Valentina Anti |
 Francesca Spigarolo |  Giulia Tola |  Marta Maria Carmen Camiciotti |
 Carlo Pasini | ||
| Visual Design and Communication | ||
 Marco Meduri | ||
| Administration, Secretariat and Project Assistance | ||
 Silvia Luini |  Marco Bessi | |
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
European Collaborative Housing Award – 2017
Cenni di Cambiamento won the European Collaborative Housing Award 2017.
The Award is a public acknowledgment of innovative and inclusive projects that inspire and influence public policies at both local and international level.
ADI Index Recognition – 2018
The exhibition New Urban Body achieved ADI Index Recognition in 2018.
Every year, ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) identifies the best Italian design produced, selected by the ADI Permanent Design Observatory, and presents it in a communication path that is presented in a yearbook, on a dedicated website, and in a series of exhibitions.
Human City Design Award – 2019
FHS was among the ten finalists of the Human City Design Award.
The award is aimed at designers and organizations who have contributed to more harmonious and sustainable relationships between people, between people and society, between people and the environment, and between people and nature.
ADI Compasso d’Oro Award – 2020
The project “Start Up of Communities – Digital Edition 2020” was awarded with an Honorable Mention in the XXVII Compasso d’Oro Prize.
The project has become part of the ADI Compasso D’Oro Collection and was exhibited at the ADI Design Museum, in the context of the exhibition of all the products that participated in the XXVII edition of the Award.
BECOME AN FHS AFFILIATE
Today, FHS is a meeting point for social housing experiences, a facilitator of project development, and a lobbyist that is able to propose regulatory and fiscal reforms that are useful for the development and operation of the sector.
For these reasons, and in order to encourage innovation, and the sharing of acquired knowhow, FHS has recently been transformed into a participatory foundation.
Applications for membership are welcomed from all parties who are interested in studying, experimenting, consolidating and developing effective models of social housing and housing welfare, and who wish to actively collaborate with the Foundation.
The activities of the Foundation are developed in the general interest of the sector, and include:
- accompanying partners in the development and management of projects: from architectural and economic feasibility, to design, to social management, and to monitoring activities that ensure the preservation of asset value over time
- coordinating, protecting and representing the interests of the sector in its dealings with authorities and institutions
- stimulating and supporting the growth of new forms of residence-related services
- designing, testing, and developing effective, sustainable, and replicable housing welfare models, and facilitating the creation of pilot projects
- facilitating technical and skills development within the sector, and improving the management, financial and technological schemes therein.
The main services offered by FHS are as follows:
- general services, free of charge and available to all members, that are aimed at the dissemination of social housing, at training and at promotion of the sector, such as: press coverage and access to the Foundation’s dissemination and lobbying activities (on financial, urban planning, regulatory, architectural and management aspects)
- basic, chargeable, services that are aimed at the preliminary assessment and general orientation of a specific social housing intervention, such as: the drafting of the so-called ‘concept plan’, i.e. the preliminary analysis of the characteristics and sustainability of social housing projects and the monitoring of both the community and the activities of the social manager that is carried out over the lifetime of the investment
- additional, chargeable, services relating to the executive design phase, the implementation, the start-up and the finalization phases of specific projects, and which cover the design activities that come after the drafting of the concept plan – such as the financial, architectural and management design for both the project implementation and its subsequent management.
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