Add to ORKGThis paper aims to reconstruct the events that gave life to Tormarancia, one of the most poor working class suburb of Rome in the ’30s. The housing crisis becomes a matter of complex management and a real scourge for the capital after the demolitions due to the new fascist plan, the attempt to relaunch the image of Rome through vast operations of decoration aimed at bringing down abusive settlements and barracks. Thanks to the Capitoline Historical Archives it is possible to reconstruct the stories and the living conditions of the poorest that populated Rome, the profile of each new tenant of the working class suburbs. This represents a real “archive treasure”, rich in precious information for a socio-anthropological survey of the first inh...