The government is framing an affordable housing plan for young couples, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday.

"One of the priorities we intend to work with (Deputy Premier and Transport and Infrastructure MInister) Matteo Salvini, whom I thank, is a major affordable housing plan for young couples, because without a home, it's more difficult to start a family," said Meloni in a keynote closing speech to the Rimini Meeting of the influential Catholic activist group Comunione e Liberazione, emphasizing that "we will do everything necessary to rebuild a family-friendly and birth-friendly society, in which parenthood is protected and supported."