Turin, the italian Detroit (Ugo Borga&Sophie-Anne Herin)

Turin, the italian Detroit (Ugo Borga&Sophie-Anne Herin)

Turin , a large city in northern Italy. For years, a symbol of prosperity and economic revival , thanks to FIAT and the dream of “a car for everyone” In the 60 's and 70's tens of thousands of people from the south of the country have moved here just to work in the automotive industry and its supply chain . But as has happened in Detroit, also in the italian Motown , when the main industry is in crisis, that of the car , it goes into crisis an entire social system. Turin is in fact the city hardest hit by the economic crisis . Last year more than 4,500 families have lost their homes , no longer having the ability to pay rent or a mortgage. The new poor are workers , middle class, dealers, but also small business owners who lived through the market led by FIAT , and now have lost everything. The social tension in the city is palpable. The emergency is the house, the dorms are full , some are sleeping in parks and many try to occupy the old dilapidated buildings now derelict and disused .

by Ugo Borga

Turin , a large city in northern Italy. For years, a symbol of prosperity and economic revival , thanks to FIAT and the dream of “a car for everyone” In the 60 's and 70's tens of thousands of people from the south of the country have moved here just to work in the automotive industry and its supply chain . But as has happened in Detroit, also in the italian Motown , when the main industry is in crisis, that of the car , it goes into crisis an entire social system. Turin is in fact the city hardest hit by the economic crisis . Last year more than 4,500 families have lost their homes , no longer having the ability to pay rent or a mortgage. The new poor are workers , middle class, dealers, but also small business owners who lived through the market led by FIAT , and now have lost everything. The social tension in the city is palpable. The emergency is the house, the dorms are full , some are sleeping in parks and many try to occupy the old dilapidated buildings now derelict and disused .

Turin, Italy :Francesco watches his son, seriously sic. His family of 4 people, living in the cellar occupied immediately after the eviction from their house in which they lived. Francis receives a pension of 350 Euros per month, which does not allow him to pay the rent. Turin, Italy M. B, son of an aristocratic family in Turin, lost his job as a financial advisor for Fiat, and then the house. He sleep ing in a public dormitory run by a religious association. Brings with it, in the backpack, the aristocratic arms of his family. Turin, Italy: The funeral of a worker who took his own life following the loss of work and home, cemetery park turin. Turin, Italy: discussion at a meeting of families who have occupied a building in via Muriaglio, turin Turin, Italy. Lucia, a retired 74-year-old collects clothing through garbage in the city market. He lost his home in early 2012, because with her board could no longer pay the rent. He sleeps in a dormitory or in public parks. Turin, Italy: Street building in Muriaglio road, Turin. This palace was occupied by 5 families with the help of the social center Gabrio. The community center offers a one-stop evictions, and deals to connect families losing their homes by providing legal and operational assistance for the occupation of abandoned buildings. Turin, Italy: Francesco led to the cellar which occupies following the eviction from his house by a police, an photograph of himself with his wife when tehy was younger. His wife is seriously ill, he found accommodation with a relative. The children sleeping in the cellar with him. All the family property were seized, including clothes Turin, Italy: Meeting of the families occupying the building in Via Muriaglio. Self-management of jobs is a fundamental step for the co-existence of all those who live in the buildings occupied. Among the joint activities is including resistance to evictions of other families affected by the crisis.