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Italian villages want to attract new residents - and are offering 28,000 euros for it

2021-07-29T09:11:57.216Z


Move to Italy and collect 28,000 euros for it? What sounds like a dream is actually reality. Nine villages in Calabria are looking for new residents.


Move to Italy and collect 28,000 euros for it?

What sounds like a dream is actually reality.

Nine villages in Calabria are looking for new residents.

Italy is one of the Germans' favorite vacation destinations.

But why only go on vacation when you can live there too?

Nine villages in the southern region of Calabria are looking for new residents and even want to dig deep into their pockets.

Interested parties can win 28,000 euros if they decide to live there.

But what's behind that?

Italian villages want to attract new residents with a cash injection

Many rural areas of Italy are

struggling

with a

population decline

.

In order to ensure more life in the small villages again, the local governments are therefore regularly considering new incentives.

In

Calabria

, the toe of Italy, so to speak, it is currently the villages of Aieta, Albidona, Civita, San Donato di Nidea, Caccuri, Santa Severina, Sant'Agata del Bianco, Samo and Precarore as well as Bova that are looking for new citizens.

Some of the towns are near the mountains or the sea.

28,000 euros

serve as a lure

that are to be paid to the new residents either once or over a period of two to three years as a monthly income of 800 to 1,000 euros.

The British news channel CNN reports on it.

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Moving to Italy for 28,000 euros: what are the conditions?

Applicants must move to one of the villages and must not be more

than 40 years old

.

Once the application is accepted, new residents have 90 days to move.

They also commit to starting a

small business

- either from scratch or by accepting pre-existing offers from certain professionals requested by the cities.

Therefore, the money that the new residents receive can also be seen as a cash injection to support the business.

The project will cost the region a total of 700,000 euros.

The application process should start online in the coming weeks.

(fk)

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