They hire foreign construction workers on false promises
They give you money to fix up a house and "let" you live there for ten years and it's "yours"?
Italy or Switzerland. Same thing.
A mountainous region in Italy is offering €100,000 to move there. But there’s a catch | CNN
The northern Italian region known as Trentino, or officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, will pay residents of Italy or Italians living abroad to renovate one of the many abandoned houses in the region where the Dolomites meet the Alps.
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN
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No. There's a mayor and a local police department and they run you out of town after you wear out your welcome with the hosts and hostesses of the district.
If it were worth moving there, there already be a thriving economy and good jobs for everyone.
But the books are closed and they don't let you "work" there if you aren't one of their own.