Una legge ordinaria tra misure straordinarie: Disposizioni per l'incremento delle costruzioni edilizie (l. 408/1949)

Among the many Italian legislative dispositions for the social housing during the second post-war, the law n. 408/1949 – commonly known as “Tupini law” – stands out for its contribution to the private building sector. Although the economic side has been long studied and debated, the architectural aspects of the law still need to be further investigated. The aims of this paper are two-fold: understanding the reasons of the final form of the dispositions, and researching its repercussions in the urban and architectural fields.