What is your address? Exploring the gap between legal residence, social rights and informal housing in Rome University of Antwerp
Residency does not only entail the enrolment at the local registry office. It also refers to the concrete space “where a person has his or her habitual dwelling”, as stated by the article 43 of the Italian Civil code. While this definition suggests that all dwellings can be the site of legal residency, in reality, accommodations have to fulfil certain requirements for people to use them as formal addresses. In practice, a wide range of people ...