This beautiful Swiss village is paying people £53,000 to migrate there

If the municiple council accepts the plan during the vote on November 30, adults will get £18,992 with the town also paying £7,597 for each child. It means that a couple with two children would get £53,188 if they decide to move into town.

President Beat Jost said: ‘Second homes and large residential complexes of investor groups are out of the question. ‘Anyone who moves away again ten years after the start of construction or after buying the house must repay the money.’ 

Another condition is that the investment amount is at least £151,925.

To pay for it, the municipality wants to create a fund in which they would pay each year 100,000 Swiss Francs. Thomas Egger, director of the Swiss Working Group for Mountain Areas (SAB), said the emptying of villages such as Albinen is a nationwide problem. Jost said the entire community would benefit and the initiative is the right one for his town. ‘In a best case scenario, even the village school will reopen,’ he added.