Temporary lease in Trieste and FVG: what tenants need to sign one

Who decides which reasons count?

The framework is national. Law 431/1998 (article 5) allows short leases "per soddisfare particolari esigenze delle parti" (to meet particular needs of the parties), and a decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure dated 16/01/2017 (article 2) sets the rest: no more than eighteen months, the need declared in the contract and, above 30 days, the documentation attached. The list of needs, on the other hand, is written by the territorial agreement, which covers one municipality or several and is signed by landlords' associations and tenants' unions: that is why it changes from one city to the next.

In Trieste there are two agreements in force, as the Comune explains on its page on the territorial agreements, where you will find the full texts: the one of 14/12/2022, extended by the protocol of 11/12/2025 for the nine organisations that signed it, and the one filed on 15/12/2025. The list below comes from the second; the first has a different one. Whoever drafts your contract knows which of the two it is written under.

Which reasons count in Trieste?

The needs of the person moving in under the 2025 agreement (point 3), and the cases that reach us every day without fitting in:

• Temporary lease?yes

  Fixed-term employment, a transfer or a temporary assignment, and you are resident in another municipality

  An example of proof: the contract or the company's letter, with the dates

• Temporary lease?yes

  Self-employed work: a temporary transfer or a contract job (commessa)

  An example of proof: the engagement or the commission, with the dates

• Temporary lease?yes

  Medical treatment, or care for yourself or a relative, and you are resident in another municipality

  An example of proof: a self-certification

• Temporary lease?yes

  Non-university study, a course, an internship, a traineeship or training with a fixed end date, and you are resident in another municipality

  An example of proof: the enrolment or the agreement, with the dates

• Temporary lease?yes

  A home of your own already bought, allocated or rented, which becomes free before the lease ends

  An example of proof: the preliminary contract (preliminare), the allocation or the lease, with the date

• Temporary lease?yes

  Works that for a period prevent you from using your main home

  An example of proof: the paperwork for the works

• Temporary lease?yes

  Separation, divorce, the end of a civil union or of cohabitation

  An example of proof: the legal papers, or a self-certification

• Temporary lease?to be assessed

  Another certain event with a precise date

  An example of proof: stated and documented in the contract

• Temporary lease?not on its own

  Hired on a permanent contract in Trieste

• Temporary lease?not on its own

  Fixed-term job in Trieste, but you already live here

• Temporary lease?no

  You are looking for a home to buy and have not found it yet

• Temporary lease?no

  "I am moving here", "I'll try it and see"

There is also an election campaign outside your municipality. And under the agreement a need on one side only is enough, so the landlord's would also do: in our homes with the red "Short-term only" badge, however, we ask the person moving in for the reason, already in the viewing form.

How is it proved?

The decree wants the need proved with "apposita documentazione da allegare al contratto" (specific documentation attached to the contract) when the lease runs beyond thirty days. The 2025 agreement also accepts the self-certification (dichiarazione sostitutiva, DPR 445/2000, articles 46 and 47) and makes it compulsory when a document would show health or other sensitive data: for medical care you do not attach the doctor's certificate.

The declaration has to be true: whoever declares something false is punished under the criminal code (article 76 of the same DPR). And a temporary lease that does not follow these rules does not stay one: the decree brings it back to the length of a 4+4 (article 2, paragraph 6). The Court of Cassation put it plainly in judgment 4075 of 20/02/2014: "non sono quindi le parti a decidere" (it is not the parties who decide) when a temporary lease can be used. That is why the proof is checked before signing, not afterwards.

An example: three people, the same home

Assumption: a home free from 1 February 2027, let with a temporary lease only.

1. A researcher resident in Padua, hired on a 14-month fixed-term contract by an institute in Trieste. This is fixed-term work in another municipality: a 14-month lease, from 1 February 2027 to 31 March 2028, with the employment contract attached. It stays under eighteen months.
2. A nurse resident in Udine, hired on a permanent contract by a Trieste hospital. He is coming to stay: the job alone is not a temporary need. If, however, he has signed the preliminary contract for a home in Opicina, to be handed over on 30 September 2027, he has the need of a home on its way: a temporary lease of 8 months, from 1 February to 30 September 2027, with the preliminary contract attached.
3. A Trieste family that wants a bigger home for the years ahead: no need from the list. The right contract is a 3+2 or a 4+4.

Looking for a home to stay? The right routes

• 3+2 at a regulated rent (canone concordato) or 4+4: in our catalogue you find them with the Long term filter. There are few: almost all our other homes are let only on a temporary lease or only to companies.
• University student from out of town: there is a dedicated contract, from 6 months to 3 years, for those enrolled on a degree or postgraduate course in a municipality other than the one of residence.
• A company is hiring or transferring you: the company can take the home for you, as a corporate let (uso foresteria).
• None of this, for now: create your profile on Looking for a home; every home that becomes free is matched against the profiles.

And in the rest of Friuli Venezia Giulia?

Law and decree apply everywhere; the list of reasons does not: it is written by the agreement that applies in that municipality.

• Udine: agreement of 25/09/2017, with the later protocols, which also covers the municipalities of the province that it lists. Residence in another municipality is required only for fixed-term work.
• Pordenone: agreement of 02/02/2018, with the same list as Udine.
• Gorizia: agreement of 18/04/2018. Residence elsewhere is required for fixed-term work and for a contract job (commessa).

In all three, a home you have bought that becomes free within eighteen months, works on your home, medical care and an election campaign also count; study, on the other hand, is not among the tenant's reasons, and university students have a dedicated contract. Elsewhere, Monfalcone included, ask whoever drafts the contract which agreement it is written under.