Hello.
In Slovenia we have quite a few abandoned villages (in Primorska, Dolenjska, Štajerska...), and we also have a lot of houses that are 100 years old and more, which are abandoned and falling down, showing a dismal image of the place, especially in the countryside, e.g. in Kozjansko.
These houses are abandoned for various reasons (economic migration, perhaps someone has died and there is no heir, etc.).
My suggestion is to make an inventory of these old and abandoned houses, to look into the reason why a certain house is abandoned and if we come to the conclusion that there is no one (no heir) to take care of this house, we would set up a team, which would include someone from the museum (e.g. The others could be unemployed (as part of public works) and then, under professional supervision (e.g. a museum representative), they would enter the house and collect any interesting items (old furniture, crockery, paintings, newspaper, kerosene lamps, clothes, letters, postcards, old money, tools, etc.) and then a public auction would be organised where collectors could buy all these items.
There are many ethnological museums and collectors in Slovenia, so anyone interested could buy these antiques, museums could participate in these auctions, etc.
In this way:
-employed people, including myself, would get a job, even if only for a temporary period (as part of public works),
-museums, collectors, etc. would have the opportunity to buy objects at public auction,
-the state (e.g. the municipality) would get money from these public auctions,
-the looting of these old houses and the unprofessional handling of the objects would be prevented, as public workers would do this under the watchful eye of a museum expert, and safety would be ensured (gloves, helmet, etc.),
-the house itself could be sold, with the new owner undertaking to adapt it and restore it to its original splendour, or demolish it (if adaptation is not viable) and build a cottage on the site, so that tourists and local residents do not have to look at dilapidated houses.
If, however, these old houses have an owner, we would, of course, agree with him beforehand and organise this auction for him, where he would also end up with a percentage of the auctioned price.
I do not understand that these houses are just falling down of their own accord, that nobody is looking after them and that they are spoiling the image of the town, the municipality and the country, while, on the other hand, they may have old furniture that would be worth restoring.
In the Netherlands, they even have a law whereby anyone can move into any abandoned house (which has been abandoned for 20 years, for example) for free.