Her name is Valentina Cama, she is 37 years old and is a street artist and animator. She has a dog called Akira who is 11 years old and in Milan she cannot find a house to rent. Precisely because of the animal. Her story is told today in the Milan edition of Corriere della Sera. “There were those who asked me for a deposit of 2,500 euros to cover possible damages, those who were burned by the experience of tenants with a puppy who had damaged the sofas, those who had new furniture and did not want to take risks, those who asked me said yes and when he found out that I had a dog, he withdrew,” Valentina wrote on social media.
A question of dignity
And again: “At first I thought: OK, someone is having trouble buying an apartment and wants to protect themselves, but at the umpteenth door in front of me, I confided my outburst to social networks. I'm sorry, Akira is my family, I won't leave her alone, even if I have to fall asleep under a bridge.” She says she can afford “300 euros a month for a studio, the deposit and four months in advance. I had even received offers, but when they found out I had an Australian shepherd, suddenly there was no availability,” he explains. Last spring, he slept in the van he uses for his business. “The City Angels helped me by bringing me blankets and food. Once they even robbed me. Then a local lady invited me to her house, but I can't stay here. It's a question of dignity.”
Human smallness
“And here it is: the terrible, aggressive, horrible 11-year-old dog that blocks all the rentals in Valtellina,” he explains. “The one who has not abandoned me for a single moment, who slept with me for 2 very long months in a van that moves painfully, among the crumpled clothes and work equipment, making himself small so as not to take up space. on the mattress. Here is the terrible, aggressive, horrible and lame 11-year-old dog that I would have to abandon in the middle of the street to have the right and the dignity of owning an apartment. I'm sorry gentlemen, I won't do it. This is my family and at this point it has also become the antidote to human smallness,” he concludes.
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