Housing First Palermo is a municipal project in Palermo, Italy, for people experiencing extreme social marginalisation, extreme poverty or homelessness. It is coordinated by the Municipality of Palermo’s Organisational Unit for the Extreme Poverty Fund. The municipal page does not give a project founding date; it reports that the article was published on 9 September 2026 and that residents began entering the new apartments on 26 August. 2
The apartments are near Via Don Orione and Via del Quarnaro and were renovated using funding from Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 5, Component 2, sub-investment 1.3.1, “Housing First.” 2 The service has 25 places and is planned to run for 24 months. At the time of the report, 12 people had begun their stay in the apartments; the other 13 were continuing in temporary accommodation supplied by the service consortium while places were being filled. 2
For the PNRR component, the page specifies six-month support pathways for 12 beneficiaries, with the possibility of an extension. Each person is to receive an individual plan shaped around their needs and goals, with multidisciplinary support covering housing, links to social and health services, employment, daily living, social activities and workshops. 2
The project was awarded to a temporary grouping of organisations led by La Panormitana Soc. Coop. Sociale, alongside Fondazione Don Calabria per il Sociale ETS, Fondazione San Giuseppe dei Falegnami and Centro Diaconale “La Noce” - Istituto Valdese. 2 Mimma Calabrò, Palermo’s councillor for social activities, is the named municipal official associated with the project on the page. 2