Application for contribution towards the costs of sheltering families following disasters

Grant to the municipalities of contributions towards the expenses necessary to guarantee the sheltering, on an immediate and temporary basis, of families left homeless as a result of a calamitous event, in accordance with the provisions of Council Resolution No. 1375 of 10 August 2015 pursuant to Article 37, Paragraph 1 bis, of Provincial Law No. 9 of 1 July 2011 "Disciplina delle attività di protezione civile in the province of Trento".

When an emergency situation occurs on the municipal territory requiring the sheltering of people made homeless by a disaster, the Mayor immediately notifies the competent Risk Prevention Service.
Within 2 days of the notification, the competent risk prevention service carries out an inspection to ascertain whether the conditions for the intervention to be eligible for a grant are met.
The outcome of the inspection by the technicians of the competent risk prevention service is recorded in a report, a copy of which is forwarded to the Municipality concerned.
The grant cannot be awarded if the persons made homeless by the calamitous event have other immediately usable accommodation within a radius of 50 km from their residence at the time of the calamity.

Municipalities that have to bear the necessary expenses to provide immediate and temporary shelter for families made homeless by a calamitous event.

The Municipality may submit an application for a contribution, using the appropriate form, for the expenses necessary to guarantee the sheltering, on an immediate and temporary basis, of families left homeless if, following a calamitous event, a contingent and urgent measure is issued ordering the evacuation of accommodation that has become uninhabitable or threatened by imminent danger.
Applications for the grant must be submitted to the competent structure within 30 days of the occurrence of the calamitous event.
The following types of expenditure are considered eligible for assistance

• rental of accommodation located within 50 km from the place of the calamitous event for a maximum period of three months;
• if it is not possible to accommodate the homeless immediately in accommodation as provided for above, the expenses incurred by the municipalities for the board and lodging of the homeless in hotels and non-hotel establishments are eligible for assistance for the period strictly necessary to find accommodation for them and in any case for no more than seven days.

The time limits referred to in the preceding points may be increased by resolution of the Council in exceptional and justified cases where a disaster is declared, pursuant to Article 66 of Provincial Law 1
July 2011, no. 9, in relation to the calamitous event.

The application for assistance, drawn up according to the appropriate form, must be accompanied by

• a copy of the contingent and urgent measure ordering the evacuation of accommodation that has become uninhabitable or is threatened by imminent danger
• an illustrative report indicating the number of persons affected by the calamity, the interventions ordered by the Municipality and the solutions envisaged, the summary cost estimate and the presumed duration of the same
• copy of the measure approving the quantification of the expenses provided for the purposes of paragraph 1bis of Article 37 of Provincial Law 9/2011.

The time limit for the procedure starts on the day following the day of submission of the application and ends within 45 days thereafter.
The outcome of the procedure is formally communicated to the requesting municipality, indicating the reference of the measure and the site where the measure is published.
In the event of a negative outcome, the Municipality may file

• appeal to the Regional Administrative Court, within 60 days from the notification/communication of the act, pursuant to Law no. 1034/71;
• extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic, within 120 days of the service of the act, pursuant to Presidential Decree no. 1199/71.