More than 180m euros were set in the first five months of the year for housing support vulnerable households that do not have a privately owned residence and the strengthening of new parents, reportedly. In an indication of the importance attributed to addressing the interconnected consequences of the housing and demographic problem, the benefits housing and birth account for about 16.5% of all welfare payments between January and May.
For housing allowance, amounting to 70 to 210 euros a month and relates to low -income households renting their main residence, 117.5 million were given.
Although the housing allowance averages more than 194.5 thousand households per month across the country, it is a largely unknown part of the 43 actions on housing, totaling 6.5 billion euros, as it is overshadowed by clearly more prominent programs and “home” and “home” and “home”.
Another 64.3 million euros were disbursed in the first five months of the year for the birth allowance, which now ranges between 2,400 euros for the first child and 3,500 euros for the fourth. Almost 9,800 beneficiaries received the allowance, which is granted in two equal installments.
The birth allowance is, along with the increased child allowance, two of the main financial aid given by the state to encourage new couples to have children.
The child allowance was credited to 194.4 million euros this year, which means that the budget for these two benefits, before we even reached the first half of 2025, exceeded 250 million.