With the art. 24 (Measures to facilitate the participation of local communities in the field of protection and enhancement of the territory) from the Law 164/2014 "Unblock Italy", new strength and impetus is given to the role of citizens, individuals and associations, in the care of common goods and the general interest, as determined by article 118 uc of the Constitution. The Municipalities have the possibility to define, with a specific resolution, "the criteria and conditions for the implementation of interventions on projects presented by individual or associated citizens, provided that they are identified in relation to the area to be redeveloped”.
To prevent citizens who choose to take action from having to settle for carrying out functions that are excessively limited or residual with respect to the possibilities offered to them by the principle of constitutional subsidiarity, limited in the original formulation of the art. 24 to "the cleaning, maintenance, beautification of green areas, squares or streets", Cittadinanzattiva proposed to expand the cases envisaged, with a symbolic and practical impact, also to the recovery and reuse of real estate and unused areas. Furthermore, Cittadinanzattiva proposed - and obtained - to specify that such recovery and reuse must be aimed, in total harmony with the constitutional provisions, at activities of general interestunderstood as the care and safeguarding of common goods and the protection of rights, in particular of the weakest subjects.
Municipalities are therefore called upon to favor citizens in carrying out activities of general interest, not only in terms of cleaning, maintenance and beautification of common areas, but, in particular, for the reuse and recovery of unused public assets and enhancement of limited areas of the urban and extra-urban territory.
