Sicily was one of the first places to sell one-euro homes. Writer Lisa Abend heads to the largest island in the Mediterranean to see how life has changed.
Towns and villages across Europe are stemming falling rural populations by enticing people to move there through a mixture of houses sold for as little as €1 ($1.50), bargain rent and cash handouts.
With the average Australian house price now $1.1million, it wasn t difficult for Queenslander Danny McCubbin to take a chance on buying a house for $1.50 in the Italian island of Sicily.
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