A town in Croatia is offering homes for 13 cents– however there’s a catch

Forget a cent for your ideas; what about 13 cents for a home in Croatia?

Legrad, a town in northern Croatia, has actually been attempting to get more individuals to settle in the location by providing homes for cents. It’s an effort they began in 2018.

The town, with around 2,000 individuals, borders Hungary and has actually seen its population diminish because the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.

In January, federal government authorities revealed another batch of homes is prepared for sale at simply 13 cents.

To be qualified to purchase among your homes, candidates need to be under 45 years of ages, in a marital or adulterous collaboration, and have no rap sheet.

Most significantly, if you wish to snag among these inexpensive homes, candidates can’t currently own home– though authorities do not define if that indicates in Croatia or anywhere else on the planet.

Local Croatian media outlet HRT reported that because the program begun in 2018, there are more kids today than there were 5 years earlier, and as an outcome, they’re even developing a brand-new day care center.

“A total of five houses ready for occupancy have been sold. Three families have already moved in, and what delights us is that all three families welcomed a new member during their move-in. This has increased the number of children in the daycare center,” Ivan Saboli ć, the mayor of Legrad, informed HRT.

In 2021, Legrad set up 19 empty homes and deserted building and construction websites for sale at the rate of 1 kuna, Croatia’s currency at the time. Seventeen were offered, according toReuters The homes remained in numerous states of disrepair, so to assist, the town stated it would pay $25,000 kuna (about $3,558) for any required remodellings.

For brand-new locals who wished to purchase an independently owned home, the town provided to cover 20% of the rate or as much as 35,000 kuna (about $5,056). It’s uncertain if the town will provide the exact same rewards this time around.

Croatia isn’t the very first nation to take this type of method to bringing brand-new life to their diminishing populations. Mussomeli, a town in Sicily, went viral for selling degrading homes for 1 euro.