The new CDP Call for University Housing has been published as part of the PNRR

Article published on January 20, 2026 on homacoop.it; the data refer to that date.

New CDP call for university housing: opportunities for public bodies and private operators

The new CDP call dedicated to the creation of university students with regulated fees has been published, as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The initiative represents a concrete opportunity to strengthen the housing offer for university students, encouraging models of collaboration between public and private entities and interventions with a high social impact.

The institutional framework

The New CDP Tandis part of the M4.C1 Investment —Fund for student accommodation, entrusted to CDP as a National Institute for Promotion by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR). The program, funded with European resources from NextGenerationEU, has a total budget of599 million euros.

Main objectives and requirements

The call supports the construction of new university residences in university municipalities or neighboring areas, with the aim of increasing the number of beds available and improving the quality of the housing offer.

Each request for admission to the contribution must concern a single residencethat includes at least18 new beds and located in municipalities or neighboring areas. Facility managers must:

• guarantee rents to students at least 15% lower than average market values (as calculated using the simulator on the National and European Funds Portal)
• reserve at least 30% of the beds, with even lower rents, for capable and deserving off-site students even if they have no means
• ensure for 12 years the main intended use of buildings used as accommodation or residence for university students.

Contributions and timing

The call includes non-repayable contributes, proportionate to the number of beds created, from18,000 euros to 20,000 euros per bed,... based on the date of delivery of the beds (obviously within the deadline set by the CDP call)

Applications may be submitted:

• from 20 January 2026 at 12:00to29 June 2026 at 23:59, subject to the exhaustion of resources;
• signing of the mandatory act by 15 July 2026;
• completion of the interventions and provision of beds by 15 May 2027.

Eligible subjects

Both public entities(universities, local authorities, bodies for the right to study) andprivate subjects (businesses, foundations, social cooperatives and other economic operators) can participate, encouraging a wide collaboration between public and private supply chains.

The New CDP Tand constitutes a strategic step for the right to study in Italy, helping to reduce the housing gap for university students and promoting cooperation between institutions, real estate operators and social cooperatives.

An important change of perspective

Please note that the contribution provided for by the tender is intended exclusively to cover OPEX (Operating Expenses), or the operating management costs of the structures, and not CAPEX (Capital Expenditure), relating to investment expenses for the purchase, construction, redevelopment or maintenance of buildings.

The incentive approach therefore reinforces the central role of the economic-financial plan and managerial sustainability in the medium-long terum, requiring a careful structuring of operating and governance models.

In this context, the quality of management assumes a decisive value: it is becoming increasingly strategic to rely on solid and competent operators such as HOMA, able to guarantee operational efficiency, cost control and continuity in asset management over time.

HOMA supports public and private partners in the analysis of technical, regulatory and design feasibility, supporting the definition of effective and sustainable proposals to participate in the call, as well as dealing directly with the design, construction and management of their candidate and admitted structures.

More info here: https://www.cdp.it/sitointernet/it/nuovo_bando_studentati_pnrr.page

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This text is an automatic translation from Italian, produced with artificial intelligence (Amazon Translate).