Citizens’ money instead of Hartz IV – which has been provided for according to the coalition agreement so far
Created: 01/14/2022, 12:58 p.m
By: Anne Hund
The so-called citizen money is to replace Hartz IV.
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The so-called citizen money is to replace Hartz IV.
What did the traffic light coalition agree on in terms of citizen income in the coalition agreement?
The coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP is 177 pages long. One of the points: the so-called
citizen money
, which should replace Hartz IV. "Officially, Hartz IV was already called basic security or unemployment benefit II. But now there is a new name and new rules," as the German Press Agency (dpa) wrote on the occasion of the coalition agreement on the planned citizen benefit. Nothing is written in the contract about the amount of this new state benefit, as
BR.de
reported at the same time. The standard rate for the new citizens' income does not increase more than planned *, wrote
Tagesspiegel.de
on November 24 accordingly.
At least there is nothing in the coalition agreement about this.
However, according to the report, a further training allowance of 150 euros is provided in addition to the standard rate.
"Anyone who does further training receives 150 euros a month on top of the standard rate," says the report on
Tagesspiegel.de
, among other things.
Citizens' money is to replace Hartz IV - what does the coalition agreement say?
What did the traffic light agree on in terms of citizen income in the
coalition
agreement?
As dpa describes, for example, the citizen 's income should be paid out
in the first two reference years
without checking the assets or the apartment.
According to dpa, the size of the apartment of those affected was not checked during the Corona crisis.
In the future, according to dpa, the following should generally apply: Anyone who is compensated by the citizen's income should not have to worry about their savings and the living situation for the time being.
Those who apply for the new citizen's allowance can "not be forced to move so quickly" by the job center, writes
Tagesspiegel.de
among other things.
"In the first two years of receiving citizen benefit, we grant the benefit without taking assets into account and recognize the appropriateness of the apartment," says the coalition agreement.
For the time after that, the protective assets should be increased, according to the
daily mirror
.
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money for families: basic child security is coming – what does the coalition agreement say?
Overall, the welfare state should become “more citizen-friendly, more transparent and less bureaucratic”, dpa also quotes from the coalition agreement * – everything should therefore be easier and, if possible, done digitally.
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ahu) *Merkur.de and kreiszeitung.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.