The Street by Veronika Bondarenko Jul 21, 2022
More and more remote workers are going beyond talk and actually taking up these opportunities.
Even before the pandemic, those who work remotely would regularly come across this type of offer: Move to a small town desperately in need of development and get anything from a free house or several thousand as a cash gift from the state of Vermont to an actual castle abandoned by Italian nobility.
The catch is usually that the towns are far away from urban centers and the homes require major investment on the part of the owner — many who take them up are looking to change up their life by taking on rural life and a major renovation project.
In the U.S., there are similar projects in Kansas' Mankato and many parts of West Virginia. The state of Vermont and Tulsa, Okla. are even offering a lump payment of a respective $7,500 and $10,000 for those who move there and end up staying.
"Since 2018, the Vermont Legislature has created three different relocation incentives, awarding $1,780,000 to attract new residents to the state, grow the workforce and provide support to Vermont employers," the state of Vermont writes of its relocation program. "In total, these three programs have assisted 435 new workers and their families to live and work in Vermont."
The requirements, which are similar for most such programs, are that one can move within the next year, has full-time income from outside the state and is eligible to live and work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
More:
https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/towns-move-to-for-free-homes?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO
