Personal housing assistance will be increased for Ukrainian families with children, the government announced on Friday, acceding to a request from associations.
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In order to help Ukrainian refugees in our country to access housing, once the emergency housing phase has passed, the government has decided to grant them the right, on the one hand, to personalized housing assistance increased the family supplement, on the other hand to family maintenance benefits
, ”says the government in a press release.
Until then, Ukrainian families, mainly made up of women and children, could receive housing assistance, but this did not take into account the children in their care.
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We are really very satisfied that the alert that we have been able to launch, with others, has been heard, and that the arbitrations have gone in the right direction
”, reacted to AFP Nathalie Latour, general delegate of the Federation of Solidarity Actors.
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This is an exceptional measure, linked to the duration of the temporary protection enjoyed by displaced persons from Ukraine
", according to the government press release, signed by the Ministers of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, of Health Olivier Véran , Housing Emmanuelle Wargon, and Citizenship Marlène Schiappa.
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Some 55,000 Ukrainians have arrived in France since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, according to the executive, of which 41,000 benefit from temporary protection, which allows them in particular to work and receive social assistance.
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