The German government plans to cut housing benefit by two billion euros. Verena Hubertz has admitted that she is reluctant to push through this reform. "It is painful not only for the people affected, but also for us as Social Democrats," the construction minister told the Rheinische Post last week.
The German government plans to cut housing benefit by two billion euros. Verena Hubertz has admitted that she is reluctant to push through this reform. "It is painful not only for the people affected, but also for us as Social Democrats," the construction minister told the Rheinische Post last week.
Federal Construction Minister Verena Hubertz (SPD) wants to save two billion euros on housing benefit. This emerges from a report by the dts news agency. Hubertz told the Rheinische Post: “It is painful not only for the people affected, but also for us as Social Democrats.”
Over one million households currently depend on housing benefit.
Source: www.tagesspiegel.de
