According to Legrad Mayor Ivan Saabolik, the population of the municipality has increased thanks to the “house for a penny” policy. Especially there are more children.
In the municipality of Legrad in northern Croatia, young families are offered to buy property for only 13 cents, but for this potential residents must meet certain criteria. HRT writes about this.
It was reported that this was not the first round of 13-cent housing and construction site sales. The municipality has been trying to improve its demographic situation by following the “house for a penny” policy since 2018.
As journalists noted, the attempt was successful; There are more children in Legrad now than there were five years ago. In connection with this, the local kindergarten is expanding. The city has everything you need – a new modern school, pharmacy, doctor, dentist, shops.
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“A total of 5 houses have been sold and are ready to move in. 3 families have already moved in, we are happy that new additions will be made to all three families during the move. Thus, the number of kindergartens has also increased,” he said. Mayor of Legrad Ivan Saabolik
According to media reports, around fifty families have already benefited from measures that will encourage the sale of houses and land and co-finance the renovation of houses. Sabolich noted that plots of land were sold as well as 13-cent houses, but the interest in them was lower than ready-made houses.
Spouses who have no criminal record and have their own house or single couples under the age of 45 can buy a house for 13 kuruş. People also receive additional preferences if they are engaged in a scarce occupation and have children.
The Mayor writes that the price of 13 cents did not arise by chance. Before Croatia adopted the euro, Legrad’s policy was called “home for the kuna”. Last year the country adopted the euro as its currency, at which time 1 kuna was traded at 0.13 euros.
Let us remember that in the mining village of Crumlin in Wales, Britain, old houses were sold with all their furnishings for only 50 pence (less than a dollar).
Additionally, in an Italian town close to ski resorts, houses are sold for 1 euro. The houses are located in Pratola Peligna in the Apennine Mountains in Italy’s Abruzzo region, about two hours from Rome.
Source: Focus
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