Italy

Milan

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Milan is closing the first tenders of its affordable housing plan, has updated its Climate City Contract with new actions and signatories, is seeking funding for the M3 metro extension and has opened a public consultation on a new M6 line.

Updated 21 October 2026 · Checked against official sources

Population

1,362,863
Mayor

Giuseppe Sala
EU programmes

6

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Projects we track

6 projects · 4 under way

1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
Extraordinary Plan for Affordable Housing (Piano Casa), first phase

Three municipal sites (ex Palasharp, San Romanello, Bovisasca) are offered on 90-year leases for homes at capped rents, and two international design competitions cover the Zama-Salomone and Porto di Mare districts; all five procedures close on 26 October 2026, with the first phase aiming at about 2,500 affordable rental homes.

Budget About EUR 11 million in the city budget for demolition and remediation Funded by Comune di Milano; private operators selected by tender Regeneration and housing

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source
1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
Climate City Contract, 2026 update

Milan's roadmap to climate neutrality under the EU Cities Mission, updated in September 2026 with 42 new actions, many on building energy efficiency, eight new public and private signatories and the CLIMB pilot model developed with Bocconi University.

Climate and energy

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source
1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
M3 metro extension towards Paullo (San Donato - Peschiera Borromeo)

About four kilometres of new line with two new stations and a park-and-ride of about 1,315 spaces; the city approved the technical and economic feasibility project in August 2026 so it can apply for national rapid-transit funding.

Budget EUR 772 million (total, incl. VAT) Funded by Funding to be sought from Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Mobility

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source
1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
Public participation process on the new M6 metro line

A six-month process of at least twelve public meetings, workshops and labs on the route options for the planned M6 line, run by Poliedra (Politecnico di Milano), Ascolto Attivo and Left Loft; it opens on 24 October 2026 and reports in March 2027.

Civic participation

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source
1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
Autonomous driving partnership with Niulinx

A three-year memorandum signed in September 2026 sets out eight steps towards testing self-driving vehicles on open roads, first for older people, people with disabilities and minors, and later on-demand and first- and last-mile services; it carries no cost for the signatories.

Funded by No cost to the signatories; joint search for national and EU funding Mobility

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source
1. Planned
2. Funded
3. Under way
4. Completed
New free-floating car-sharing tender to 2030

A call published in August 2026 authorises car-sharing operators until 30 November 2030, waives the monthly fee for fully electric and very low-emission vehicles and rewards wider coverage of outer districts and neighbouring towns, after three of the four operators left the city in 2026.

Mobility

Status checked 21 October 2026 · Source