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Inclusion allowance (Assegno di inclusione) in Turin
The Assegno di inclusione (ADI, the inclusion allowance) is the income support measure for households with a vulnerable member: a child, a person with a disability, an older person. The requirements are strict, and the activation pathway that comes with it has to be followed through, not just started.
01 · Personal requirements
The vulnerable household member
The allowance is not for anyone on a low income: it requires the household to include at least one member in a vulnerable situation, according to the categories set out in the law.
- A member who is a minor.
- A member with a disability, as defined for access to benefits.
- A member aged sixty or over.
- A member in a disadvantaged situation and enrolled in care and support programmes run by the local health and social services and certified by the public administration.
If nobody in the household falls into one of these categories, the inclusion allowance is not available, but you may qualify for other work activation measures provided by Italian law. Check this before applying, so you do not lose time.
02 · The thresholds
Inclusion allowance requirements: citizenship, residence and finances
On top of the personal requirements there are requirements on citizenship and residence and financial ones, and they must all be met at the same time.
| Requirement | What it means |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Italian or EU citizenship, or an equivalent residence permit as provided by the law |
| Residence | Residence in Italy for the minimum period required, part of it continuous |
| ISEE | Below the set threshold, with a current certificate |
| Household income | Below the set threshold, scaled to the household's equivalence scale |
| Property assets | Below the set limit, with specific treatment for the family home |
| Financial assets | Below the set limit, raised where a household member has a disability |
| Durable goods | Limits on cars, motorcycles, ships and boats |
Thresholds and parameters are updated over time. That is exactly why you will not find amounts on this page: the check is made against the values in force when you apply, using your own household details.
03 · How to apply
The application process
The application is made online to INPS (the Italian National Social Security Institute), either directly or through an authorised intermediary. The starting point is always the same: an ISEE that is still valid.
ISEE
First you file the Dichiarazione Sostitutiva Unica (DSU, the self-declaration behind the ISEE) and wait for the certificate to be issued. Without it the application cannot be completed.
Online application
It is sent to INPS, stating the household, the requirements and the vulnerable situations.
Signing up to the pathway
You join the digital activation pathway and sign the agreement it involves: this is a condition, not an optional step.
Social services
The local services call you in to assess your needs and draw up the personalised plan.
What you need to apply
With these documents the application is done in one appointment.
- Identity document and codice fiscale (Italian tax code) for each household member
- A current ISEE certificate
- Disability certificates or care programme certificates, if relevant
- An IBAN in the applicant's name, for the payments
- Residence permit, for non-EU citizens
04 · How you receive it
Amount, duration and renewal
The allowance is made up of a part that tops up household income and, where applicable, a rent component, if the household lives in a rented home under a properly registered contract.
- The amount is worked out on the difference between the set threshold and household income, scaled to the equivalence scale.
- It is paid onto a dedicated payment card, with the arrangements and limits that apply.
- The measure lasts for a fixed period and can be renewed after a break of a set length.
- The rent counts only if the contract is registered: an unregistered tenancy does not give rise to the extra component.
- The allowance is compatible with some forms of employment income within the set limits, but these must be reported.
05 · What it involves
What household members are required to do
The allowance is not paid out passively: it comes with activation obligations for household members who are able to work.
- Joining the activation pathway and signing the agreement it involves.
- Attending appointments with social services and job centres within the stated deadlines.
- Accepting suitable job offers, according to the criteria set by the law.
- Taking part in community projects run by the municipalities, where required.
- Reporting promptly any change in the household, in income and in your work situation.
Reporting changes is the obligation people most often overlook. A new job that is not reported creates an overpayment that INPS claws back, and you lose the allowance.
06 · When you lose it
Suspension and loss of the allowance
You can lose the allowance through things that depend on you and through objective events. The first can be avoided; the second need to be managed in good time.
- Failing to attend appointments without a valid reason.
- Turning down a job offer that is suitable under the set criteria.
- Failing to report significant changes in the household or in its financial situation.
- No longer meeting the requirements: going over the thresholds, the vulnerable member leaving the household, moving your residence.
- An expired ISEE that has not been renewed: the most trivial cause and the most frequent.
- False statements, with the consequences provided by Italian law.
Frequently asked
The questions that keep coming up
I am over sixty but I live alone. Can I apply?
Yes: once you have turned sixty, you yourself are the vulnerable member the law requires. The other requirements then have to be checked: citizenship, residence, ISEE, income and assets.
A one-person household has thresholds scaled to the matching equivalence scale, so they are lower than those for a large household.
Can I work while I receive it?
Within the set limits, yes, and the allowance is recalculated to take the new income into account. What you cannot do is fail to report it.
Starting a job must be reported within the set deadlines: late or missing notification means repaying the sums and losing the allowance.
Does the ISEE have to be for the current year?
Yes, you need a certificate that is still valid. The ISEE expires on 31 December, and if you do not renew it the payments are suspended.
That is why it makes sense to renew it in January: the same applies to the utility bonuses and to the Assegno Unico (the universal child benefit), which follow the same logic.
If my situation has got worse recently, can I use the current ISEE?
Yes, and in many cases it is the ISEE corrente (the updated ISEE) that brings the indicator below the access threshold.
It requires a documented change in your work situation or a significant drop in income, and it is valid for a shorter time, which needs to be kept an eye on.
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Before applying you need a valid ISEE
Everything else rests on the ISEE (the Italian means-test indicator): without a current certificate the application cannot even be set up.