Tag: Hartz IV
Relief: The poorer ones still can’t make ends meet
The federal government has launched expensive packages to cushion inflation and high energy costs. But she needs to fix it. source site
Housing benefit or child allowance: Why millions of Germans do without money – Economy
Housing benefit, child allowance, basic security: Many would be entitled to social benefits but not apply for them. Why is that and how could that change. Of Thomas Oechsner In…
Help from the state: why many do without the money – economy
Housing benefit, child allowance, basic security: Many would be entitled to social benefits but not apply for them. Why is that and how could that change. Of Thomas Oechsner In…
New citizen money: improvements for the office – Ebersberg
Authorities are sometimes said to have a certain aversion to innovations and reforms – one of the largest of this kind, the citizen’s income, meets with a lot of approval…
Hartz IV: Why people do without state support – politics
Of Roland Preuss, Berlin What is it like living below the Hartz IV level for eight years, below the official subsistence level? “Somehow you always manage it,” says Marko Raimund.…
Peter Hartz: The citizen money and the namesake of Hartz IV – opinion
Of Alexander Hageluken What is it like when your own name stands for successful reforms? But is it also a hate word for many? Peter Hartz, 81, has been experiencing…
Poverty report for Munich: One in six lives below the poverty line – Munich
The new poverty report clearly shows how differently the need is distributed in the districts. Social officer Schiwy doubts that the new citizen’s income will do justice to the higher…
Hartz IV and Inflation: Poor Germany
How much is human dignity worth to us? The debate about citizen income shows the condescending patronage of politics and society. source site
Farewell to Hartz IV – politics
It was a first-class funeral that could be viewed in the Bundestag and Bundesrat on Friday. With a large majority, both houses voted to replace Hartz IV with citizen income.…
Citizens’ income finally decided: Bundestag and Bundesrat agree – politics
Citizens’ income replaces Hartz IV from January. The Bundestag and Bundesrat finally passed the law on Friday. For more than five million adults and children in the previous Hartz IV…