Italy’s One-Euro Homes: What's The Catch? (Reupload) | Full Episode | SBS Dateline

Soaring property prices have made home ownership unattainable for many, so imagine a place where you can buy a house for just one euro. For this episode, first aired in 2022, Dateline travels to Italy to investigate the scheme designed to rejuvenate rural towns.

00:00 Intro
01:06 What's on the market for one euro at Mussomeli?
04:51 Why are they selling houses so cheap?
06:12 How Australian Danny McCubbin started life in Sicily
15:48 Advice to those who are thinking of buying a €1 home
17:00 Can migrants and refugees save Italy's ghost towns?
22:38 Riace, once a town for migrants
23:45 Domenico Lucano, pro-refugee mayor who was sentenced to 13 years in prison

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