"Are you unemployed? No apartment to rent"

"Are you unemployed? Sorry, I can't rent you the apartment."

Life is hard for those in Sulcis Iglesiente who have never had a permanent job or, increasingly frequently in recent years, have just lost it or are on redundancy pay.

It is true that the request for guarantees is not a characteristic of Sulcis, but it is equally true that in all the towns in this corner of Sardinia the number of houses that remain empty is growing because the owners fear finding them occupied by those who can no longer afford to pay the rent .