Funds available to finance municipal land protection projects have reached over €24.6 million.
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers yesterday released data on the allocation of the 8×1000 share of personal income tax (IRPEF) directly managed by the State for the year 2024. The amount allocated to projects approved under the “natural disasters” category has exceeded €24.6 million, to be distributed to selected municipalities that submitted remediation and recovery projects. This marks a record, compared to €19.5 million in 2022 and €17.4 million in 2023.
This category, together with school building projects, is considered by UAAR among the most secular choices available to taxpayers who select “State” as the recipient of their 8×1000 share. The other four categories (preservation of cultural heritage, combating world hunger, assistance to refugees and unaccompanied foreign minors, and prevention and rehabilitation from drug addiction and other pathological dependencies) receive far fewer preferences and often see the Catholic Church or affiliated entities among the funded projects.
“It is urgent and necessary,” says Roberto Grendene, secretary of UAAR, “for the government to seriously promote the 8×1000 funds directly managed by the State in order to support our country, which is often affected by natural disasters, such as those that have recently impacted Sicily. This would make it possible to finance more land maintenance projects, precisely through the ‘natural disasters’ category.”
The new tax filing season for the year 2025 will open soon, and with appropriate government awareness campaigns, more taxpayer funds could finally be directed toward projects aimed at strengthening and securing urban areas, protecting land, reducing hydrogeological risk, and mitigating landslide hazards.
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