Italian Town with a Gradually Diminishing Population Is Offering $10,000 to People To Move There And Have A Baby
Italian Town with a Gradually Diminishing Population Is Offering $10,000 to People To Move There And Have A Baby
Locana, a town in North West Italy, is experiencing a dwindling population and the mayor is offering cash rewards in order to attract more families back to the shrinking community.
Anyone wanting to relocate to the Alpine commune in the Piedmont region could be paid up to $10,000 (€9,000) over three years to make Locana their home.
Giovanni Bruno Mattiet, Locana’s mayor, has made the offer in the hope of saving the community from dying out.
At first, Mattiet appealed to Italians or foreigners already living in Italy to relocate to Locana but the response was not encouraging, He is now extending the offer to non-Italians living abroad as well.
Due to the dwindling popu...