A number of villages in Italy are offering to pay millennials up to €28,000 (£24,000) to move in.

Calabria, the southern region of Italy located in the country’s “toe”, will pay people to relocate to villages with 2,000 residents or fewer that are suffering from depopulation.

However, there are strings attached to this dream deal.

Applicants must be aged 40 or under and take up residency in Calabria within 90 days of being accepted.

In order to receive the payment, they must also commit to starting a business or take on a specific job that’s needed by the village.

It’s likely that the money will be paid in either monthly instalments of €800-€1,000 over the course of three years, or as a one-off lump sum to fund a new business, such as a restaurant, shop or B&B.

Gianluca Gallo, a regional councillor, told CNN: “We’re honing the technical details, the exact monthly amount and duration of the funds, and whether to include also slightly larger villages with up to 3,000 residents.

“We’ve had a huge interest from villages and hopefully, if this first scheme works, more are likely to follow in coming years.”

The hope is that the scheme will invigorate dwindling communities by attracting young residents with fresh ideas for enterprises that can enrich local life.


Mr Gallo says: “The goal is to boost the local economy and breathe new life into small-scale communities.

“ We want to make demand for jobs meet supply, that’s why we’ve asked villages to tell us what type of professionals they’re missing to attract specific workers.”



The project is called “active residency income” and applications are set to open in the coming weeks, with €700,000 set aside to fund it.

Other villages across Italy are already offering similar incentives for new residents.

The medieval village of Santa Fiora in Tuscany and ancient city of Rieti in Lazio are both offering remote workers willing to relocate and rent a house there up to €200 or 50 per cent off the total rent for long-term stays of between two and six months.

With local rents averaging around €300-€500 per month, new arrivals could end up paying as little as €100 per month.

Source: https://cnn.com/travel/amp/italy-villages-pay-33000-to-move-in-calabria-cmd/index.html

Just curious, could this be true and son of man is suffering in this God forsaken country

I'm ready. Oya where do I sign up

How true is this

Nigerians will soon occupy there.

Why is Europe blocking ppl from migrating from Africa.
Make dem just pack all of them lump them for those villages na abi there demand get racial specification?

What nonsense

Co'mon SAPA

SAPA bien merci

I have packed up my light luggage and ready to Jet oo.
But there's no money for TF.
I'm young and single --very ready to mingle.
First thing I would do when I arrive is search for the Italian Mafias and Join immediately.No time.
Second thing I would do is to hook-up with this fine, cat eyes, hair flowing like that of a mermaid, skin shining like a goddess and give her Belle immediately. No lovey dovey shit. Just we have sex, I pour my seeds and KABOOM! I have impregnated you.
Once I have successfully completed the above, I will call my folks back in Nigeria, and tell them to set the village agog with celebration because their son is now a Made man!

It all looks easy until u hear the conditions.

udoakwa:

Just curious, could this be true and son of man is suffering in this God forsaken country

It is true, but I will not advise it. You will have to live in the village for 3 year. There is a reason their population has been declining

ENG0701:


It is true, but I will not advise it. You will have to live in the village for 3 year. There is a reason their population has been declining

wow, please if you don't mind can you list those reasons?

So true but on certain conditions

udoakwa:


wow, please if you don't mind can you list those reasons?

Mainly lack of jobs. Young people are moving out to work and live in cities.

So easy? The only problem is the Transport Fare and if there will be holiday privileges outside italy within the three years.

ignis:
Nigerians will soon occupy there.

Lol, you think they will accept Africans? I doubt that

We need update on this asap

1. If people are leaving the villages, wouldn't it make more sense to let many villages go. Pay to help people leave instead of get them to stay. They can always do things to preserve historical, agricultural, or cultural stuff.

2. Why would you want to be somewhere that has to pay people to stay there?

3. The mafia has a lot of power in that country. There are so many awful stories about the things they do, and about corruption in general. And everyone knows how racist they are. There's no amount of money that's worth that.

tunapawizzy:
It all looks easy until u hear the conditions.

But is it not the same with your own villagers who leave many rural parts of Nigeria hoping to make it in the big city Lagos? That is until they get there and realize real life there is tougher than they anticipated.

Bifwoli:
But is it not the same with your own villagers who leave many rural parts of Nigeria hoping to make it in the big city Lagos? That is until they get there and realize real life there is tougher than they anticipated.

OK

Please what's the requirements and process of applying