Italian Abruzzo region 'home for 1 euro'

In italy's Abruzzo region, just half an hour away from roccaras ski resorts and Pescara beach, Pratola Pelinha started offering buyers homes for a symbolic fee of €1, writes Idealsta.

The city's current mayor, Antonello di Nino, who took office four years ago, has considered the return of residents to abandoned areas as one of the priorities throughout his term. The municipality was badly affected by the earthquake in Aquila, after which the authorities began to draw up a register of all buildings to be restored.

„Mes atlikome visų apleistų namų šiame regione surašymą. Ir po pusantrų metų darbo supratome, kad mieste yra apie 600 negyvenamų pastatų,“ – aiškina Antonello di Nino.

In most cases, it was not possible to find owners of empty houses. Some abandoned buildings were registered in the name of citizens born in 1890, the owners of other dwellings are already dead, and the process of transferring the estate has not even begun. The local authority enlisted the help of volunteers who recorded all such objects on the map and searched for heirs.

The owners who were found were given safety warnings about the security risks posed by the buildings they owned. However, it later became clear that many of them did not burn with the desire to do anything with their abandoned buildings, so the municipality decided to sell them for 1 euro.

Kaip ir daugeliu kitų panašių atvejų, pirkėjai, įsigiję turtą už 1 eurą, turės įsipareigoti per trejus metus jį renovuoti, užtikrinant pastato saugumą. Jie galės gauti vadinamąją „seisminę premiją”, todėl renovuodami pastatus galės pasinaudoti specialiomis mokesčių lengvatomis. Be to, naujieji savininkai galės patys nuspręsti, kokios paskirties – komercinės ar gyvenamosios – bus jų nekilnojamasis turtas. Savivaldybė žada tam nenustatyti jokių ribojimų.

Promotion "Houses for 1 euro" In Italy, it has become quite commonplace. Houses can be purchased for a symbolic fee, but by committing to renovate them, in different regions of the country. Italy's example was followed by Greece and France, which, in order to attract residents to the empty regions, also began to offer to buy or rent real estate for a symbolic fee.

Source: Italijos Abrucų regione akcija „namai už 1 eurą” – NT Naujienos