It’s no secret Italy is facing a population crisis: between the low birth rate, aging population, and brain drain, Italy is on the road to a demographic disaster without some serious practical efforts to bolster numbers.

The 1 Euro Home concept was launched in Italy as the first big push to bring life back to ‘dying towns’, and to encourage foreign home buyers to restore the old properties. The scheme has been largely successful, as evidenced by the pages and pages of online news stories of Americans, Brits, and many others gushing at their new dream homes.