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Everyday family life (symbol picture): Grant planned for helpers
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The future traffic light government wants to relieve families with state vouchers for domestic help.
»We are introducing a system of everyday helpers for families.
The state gives families a subsidy in the form of vouchers so that they can afford legal help in the household, "said the acting Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) of" Bild am Sonntag ".
As a first step, families with children, single parents and people who look after relatives should receive an annual bonus of a maximum of 2000 euros.
"With this money they can then afford everyday helpers," said Heil, who has a good chance of continuing to head the labor department in a new federal government.
The traffic light coalition wants to make everyday life for families easier.
Parents of small children or caring relatives in particular need support with cleaning the apartment, with childcare or care.
Ordinary earners could often not afford to hire a regular, socially insured worker for this help, says Heil: “Some citizens switch to illegal work, many try to manage their everyday life with job and family alone.
We will change that! "
According to Heil's model, the state and the family share the costs for the everyday helpers: "40 percent are paid by the grant, 60 percent by the citizens themselves." The billing is to be regulated by means of an app through which certified companies can offer their services.
The family then books a service such as weekly cleaning of the apartment, enters the voucher code sent by the state and automatically only has to pay 60 percent;
the company settles the voucher with the responsible authority.
sbo / dpa
