Habitat Microaree
Trieste (Rozzol Melara) · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Italy
Since 1998 the Trieste city council, the public health service and the social housing agency ATER have worked together on microaree, public housing neighbourhoods of between 500 and 2,000 residents with high social vulnerability. Health and social workers live alongside the neighbourhood to weave networks of care and spot problems before they worsen. The model, heir to Basaglia's legacy, now covers 18 microaree and is cited as a precedent for the Case della Comunità of the Italian health system.
- Led by
- Trieste city council, the public housing agency ATER and the health agency ASUGI
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- Yes, neighbourhood premises open to the community
- Website
- www.secondowelfare.it/governi-locali/habitat-microaree-unesperienza-di-welfare-di-comunita-a-trieste ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Habitat Microaree: un'esperienza di welfare di comunità a Trieste ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Secondo Welfare
- Il programma Habitat Microaree di Trieste: precursori delle Case della Comunità? ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Secondo Welfare