An Italian town wants to sell its abandoned homes for $1 but the owners won't let it

• The mayor of Patrica in Italy told CNN he's struggling to implement a one-euro home initiative.
• The success of similar programs in places like Mussomeli led to lifeless towns being revitalized.
• However, Patrica's mayor said people in the town aren't prepared to sell their abandoned homes.

The mayor of a quaint medieval Italian town wants to replicate the one-euro home initiative, inspired by the success stories of places like Mussomeli in Sicily.