Malia Márquez is the author of the novels City of Smoke and Sea and This Fierce Blood. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Literary Hub, and The Georgia Review. She teaches creative writing and co-writes Remnant from Los Angeles.
Japan Ireland Akita Leitrim Akiya Derelict Cottages Rural Resettlement Rural Migration China Grants
Two akiya in Akita and two derelict cottages in Leitrim, from $15,500, plus Japan’s rice cuts, Ireland’s rural resettlement and China’s showcase villages. Here in Los Angeles, the yards are full of fruit. Passion fruit is plentiful on vines strewn throughout the city, and citrus and
Spain · Málaga · Genalguacil · Pueblo Museo · Aragón · Torralba de Ribota · Pueblos en Arte · Italy · Sicily ·
Can art bring a village back? Four houses in Spain and Sicily's art towns, from €4,000 How powerful is art? These days in the United States one might not be so sure, but if we look back throughout history the arts are a cultural driving force. This
japan, italy, bulgaria, ireland, greece, distressed properties
Six houses near the water, from €29,000 in Bulgaria to a whole island in Donegal When we started writing Remnant, we sent it to our friend Neha Choksi, who said Is this a place for dreaming? With all of this week's houses located within reach of a
23 of them: Italy · Campania · Irpinia · Avellino · Zungoli · case a 1 euro · 1 euro houses · manifestazione di interesse · bonus ristrutturazione · Borghi più Belli d'Italia ·
Zungoli, Italia's €1 houses in 2026, plus four open market ones from €13,000 In south central Italy, up in the Irpinia hills of Campania, Zungoli is village ranked as one of I Borghi più Belli d'Italia (The most beautiful villages of Italy). With a population
Scotland · Greenock · Inverclyde · repopulation · relocation grant · depopulation · Cork · Buttevant · Molise
Greenock's £400 Relocation Grant in 2026, plus Six Houses in Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Croatia and Japan from £8,000 There's a top floor, one-bedroom flat with double glazed windows and a share of the communal back garden going to auction in Greenock, Scotland on Thursday,
Buying Property on the Greek Border Islands in 2026: Law 1892/1990, the Defence Committee, and 764 Houses Under €90,000 On September 2, Turkiye's President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told reporters that Greece should "turn back from the wrong path it has taken and stop militarizing the
Ireland · Donegal · Sligo · Leitrim · Falcarragh · Bundoran · Dromahair · Arranmore · Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant
Ireland pays up to €70,000 to fix a derelict house, €84,000 on the islands. Five northwest listings from €60,000, two ruins, two apartments and one shipping container. In 2019 the people of Arranmore, an island of 478 off the Donegal coast, wrote an open letter to the
Italy · Abruzzo · Pratola Peligna · 1 euro houses · case a 1 euro · Sicily · Japan · Gunma · akiya · moving abroad
One Japanese village is recruiting young people from the Peruvian Amazon, a comune in the Abruzzo mountains, plus three houses in Gunma. The "most graying" village in Japan is seeking to repopulate its dwindling numbers with young people from the Amazon. In Nanmoku, up in the mountains of
A seven-room farmhouse in Japan's folklore capital for three thousand dollars, a license to catch a river spirit, and the aerospace engineer who quit airplanes and took a town from ten visitors a year to four hundred... We're aiming for short and sweet this week
Italy · Sicily · Agrigento · Naro · case a 1 euro · asta giudiziaria · fideiussione · centro storico · United States
Naro, Agrigento relaunched its one-euro house scheme with a verified portal and a bank guarantee. Plus twelve American towns paying up to $18,900 to move. We spent this week on what it means to be 'from' somewhere. Considering this newsletter is addressed to people contemplating relocation,
Italy · Tuscany · Arezzo · Lucignano · Val di Chiana · bando · TARI · IMU · casale · ruin · Japan · akiya · kominka ·
A €70,000 house with no heating near the door to the underworld, an €85,000 stone house with no electricity on Calypso's island, a €70,000 ruin on Ithaca, and more... The Odyssey opens on a relatable note for anyone who has ever moved to a faraway