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Italian village offers $1 homes to Americans upset by the US election result

While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election victory, Ollolai on the Italian island of Sardinia has sniffed a potential opportunity.

While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia has sniffed a potential opportunity. Now, following the November 5 vote outcome, it’s launched a website aimed at would-be American expats, offering up more cheap homes in the hope that those upset by the result will rush to snap up one of its empty properties. The mayor says he’s set up a special team to guide interested buyers through every step of the purchase, from organizing tailored private tours of the available dwellings to finding contractors, builders and navigating required paperwork.

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