GANGI, ITALY - 30 MAY 2015: Mayor of Gangi Giuseppe Ferrarello poses for a portrait in his office in Gangi, Italy, on May 30th 2015. Gangi is a town with a population of 7,000 between Palermo and Catania, in the centre of Sicily, whose local administration is giving away abandoned houses of the historical centre for free. The Mayor of Gangi Giuseppe Ferrarello conceived the initiative of giving houses for free as a means to diversify the local economy - primarily dependent on agriculture and animal husbandry - by boosting tourism-related activities, and consequently counteract the phenomenon of depopulation that is typical of many small Italian towns where employment possibilities have been on a downward trajectory for years. The renovations of the assigned homes have also given work to local artisans.