hundreds of thousands of low-income households should benefit next year from the draft law.
Good news for low-earners: For the coming year, the living money to be raised. The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday a draft law on the way to relieve in the face of rising Rents, approximately 660 000 low-income households. For a Two-person household’s staircase, the government subsidy, currently at 145 euros to 190 euros a month.
in Addition, should in the future be the height of the housing benefits every two years automatically, at the Rent – and Income. The amendment also includes a new, seventh Mietstufe for particularly expensive areas such as Munich and the surrounding area will be introduced. The Mietstufe is decisive for the amount of the grant.
housing benefit is a benefit for low-income earners, the benefits for you get no other social, such as the Hartz-IV-receiver. It depends on the income, number of household members, and rental rates in the area in which the tenants live. The Federal government had announced the housing allowance-increase in September last year. Finally, the housing Supplement in 2016 has been increased.
