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Online the public notice for finding hotels, hostels, sports facilities, apartments. Maran and Rabaiotti: "The Administration's commitment to stem the risk of infections within the family"

Milan, 1 April 2020 – Identify reception facilities and accommodation for operational healthcare personnel and workers in essential services, citizens subjected to quarantine (including Covid-19 with mild symptoms) who are unable to stay at their home and people in social and housing difficulty.

This is the objective with which the Municipality of Milan is today launching a public notice aimed at individuals who want to collaborate in the implementation of reception projects during the health emergency phase linked to the spread of the Coronavirus.

"After the arrival of the first guests at the Michelangelo, the opening of the accommodation in via Carbonia, the conversion into reception places of part of the sports facilities of the Saini center and the tensile structure at the Scalo Romana, the Municipality continues with determination the search for structures and spaces to be allocated to quarantine - declare the councilors Pierfrancesco Maran (Urban Planning) and Gabriele Rabaiotti (Social and Housing Policies) -. We need to stem one of the most critical problems of this epidemic, contagion within the family or among those who live in structures collective. To date, we do not know from the health authorities what the need for isolation beds will be in the coming weeks, but we want to be ready to have new suitable and welcoming places to promptly stem the spread of the virus. This is what we can do, but not we can be alone."

The public notice is aimed at individuals who want to make available apartments, hotels and accommodation facilities suitable to respond to the temporary housing offer necessary in the emergency phase;

Three types of service required:

• temporary accommodation for the hospitality of healthcare personnel (doctors and nurses), workers in essential services, people returning to the city who are required to quarantine and people discharged from hospitals who cannot return to their accommodation. Guests will be able to book homes independently via booking platforms for a maximum cost of 15 euros per day (in the case of accommodation) and 30 euros in the case of hotels whose management is maintained and guaranteed;
• accommodation facilities such as hotels, hostels and residences for Covid-19 positive citizens who require isolation. In this case, the activation of an agreement between the Municipality and the property is envisaged which, if necessary, provides for the preparation of meals by Milano Ristorazione and management costs to be borne by the public institution. The health and surveillance aspects regarding the subjects subjected to quarantine will be managed by the respective competent authorities, ATS and Prefecture;
• spaces suitable to also accommodate people in situations of critical hardship, to be given also on loan for use. The facilities can also be sporting, cultural or entertainment and will be managed on the "Cold Plan" model with the integration of light healthcare facilities.

Applications for the public notice can be submitted by 12pm on 30 May 2020, by completing a questionnaire describing the characteristics of the property (type of accommodation, square footage, services, accessibility). To make the selection quicker and more effective, the Administration will evaluate the suitability of the proposals upon their arrival, without waiting for the public notice to expire, giving priority to immediately available properties. The selected facilities will be activated according to the needs indicated by the health authorities.

Public notice for the identification of reception facilities and accommodation to support local health initiatives for healthcare personnel, people in isolation or with social and housing difficulties