SICK OF city living? Would you like to move to the country, and have the government cover the moving costs?
Homeowners in Sydney are being offered AUS$7,000 (€5,100) to sell their homes and leave the congested city.
The one-off grant aims to encourage people to leave Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong to relocate in regional New South Wales, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Under the four-year scheme, which starts on Friday, 40,000 grants will be made available on the condition that applicants do not spend more than €442,000 when buying their new house. Applicants must also have lived in their city home for at least a year before signing up for a new home. The New South Wales government has posted a list of eligibility criteria online.
However, Wollongong MP Norren Hay has criticised a loophole in the plan which would allow people living in certain areas to simply move across the road to avail of the grant.
