The housing plan defined in the agreement reached on 31 March 2008 between the Government, Regions, and local authorities will mobilize private savings and contribute to the recovery of investment. The agreement will be enacted fully in each of the Regions; in several cases draft laws are already in the process of being approved.
Amongst other things, the plan allows owners to increase the size of one- and two-family residential buildings by up to 20 per cent, provided these do not already exceed 1,000 cubic metres and excluding unauthorized buildings or those situated in historic centres or in areas subject to a general building ban.