If you ’ve been dally with the idea of moving to southerly Europe and open a quaint inn ever since you first sawMamma Mia!in 2008 , it ’s time to dust off your overall and get pack . Molise , Italy , will ante up you about $ 770 each calendar month for three years if you promise to institute a business in one of its underpopulated villages .
The political campaign aims to bolster up Italy ’s population numbers and provide areas with the civilisation , mercantilism , and infrastructure needed to keep those telephone number up . “ If we had offered backing , it would have been yet another charity motion , ” Molise United States President Donato TomatoldThe Guardian . “ We wanted masses to invest here … It ’s a way to take a breather life story into our towns while also increase the population . ”
The political science will , however , supplement the neophyte course of study with real funding — about $ 11,000 — for participating villages , which must have fewer than 2000 residents . And , if an ABBA - inspired inn is n’t the name of your game , Toma also hint a bakeshop , a letter paper shop , or a restaurant .
Molise , a mountainous region southeast of Rome , boasts spectacular cliffside views , sweeping olive groves , and pastoral tranquility . Why , then , are n’t people clamor to move there for free ? part because Italy is presently endure a countrywide population crisis that has hit Molise specially hard .
According to the Italian National Institute of Statistics , the region has lost 9000 resident physician since 2014 , and 2800 of those were from last class alone . The Guardianexplains that untried people are seeking problem opportunities elsewhere in Europe , and those who stay are n’t begin families . Last year , for example , nine of Molise ’s towns had nonew birthsto report . Overall , Italy ’s population of nonmigratory citizens fell by 677,000 between 2014 and 2018 , and it ’s second only to Japan on the tilt of country with the largest proportion of senior citizens .
Enticing prospective residents with small salaries is only one method of combat the plump population number . The city manager of Sutera , in Sicily , has offer his empty estate to Libyan asylum seeker , whileSambuca , also in Sicily , is sell empty houses for about a buck .
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
