ARTE Re: Italy's Fight Against Rural Exodus

A third of Italy's villages and small towns are threatened with extinction unless they succeed in attracting new residents. But how?

Some cities are now trying to create new incentives with unusual projects. The municipality of Teora in Campania pays rent to new residents for two years if their children go to school in the town. Mussomeli in Sicily, on the other hand, sells its houses in the old town for just one euro. What works better?