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Jasmin and Maik from Rostock are dependent on social benefits and have also accumulated a lot of debt.
Now Jasmin is expecting offspring for the second time.
Rostock – Many German citizens are dependent on social benefits.
Among them are Jasmin and Maik, a young couple who live with their small son in the high-rise housing estates in the Groß Klein district of Rostock.
Their main sources of income are citizen and child benefit.
But over time, the couple, who are now expecting another child or perhaps even twins, have accumulated debts.
They share their story in the RTL program “Hartz und Herzen”.
The young TV couple is currently unemployed - Maik is classified as unfit for work, Jasmin is pregnant again
Neither parent has a job.
That won't change for Maik for the time being.
The young man has been classified as unfit for work for psychological reasons since 2023.
When they received the news, Jasmin planned to look for work.
“I think it's forever, but that's not a bad thing.
“I’ll have enough to do here if Schatz goes to work later,” said the husband on the show, who wanted to concentrate on housework and raising children.
But Jasmin won't go to work for the time being because she is pregnant again.
Before her first pregnancy, Jasmin had a job for a few months.
“I had a lot of problems there.
It was a job with little variety,” the young woman told
Mannheim24
.
At that time she worked four hours a day for minimum wage.
But in the program the mother expressed confidence: “Let's put it this way: I have an apartment, I have funds available.
I mean, I don't have any training and I'll probably never be able to get one because I'm probably incapable of training.”
Debts to the job center amounting to 3,000 euros and a legal dispute with the Lidl supermarket
Jasmin and Maik currently receive 1,600 euros in citizen and child benefit per month.
According to the portal
kukksi.de,
the couple has to pay 900 euros in fixed costs per month.
This includes costs for electricity and other bills.
Additional expenses arise from concluded contracts: “Because we have so many contracts, we have to ensure that we switch them off little by little.
We have some for ourselves and some for friends.” But not all of your friends can cover the contract costs.
In the end, 500 euros are left over: “for food, the animals and other costs.
That’s still a lot we have.”
Jasmin and Maik with their little son – more offspring coming soon © RTLZWEI
However, the couple has significant debts and is also involved in a legal dispute.
“Actually, 96 euros would still be outstanding, but because a return debit was made and further reminder fees were added, it is now 235 euros,” explained 19-year-old Jasmin about her debts to the Lidl supermarket.
The woman from Rostock paid for a purchase with a card, but the account was not funded.
The original plan was to pay off the debt in installments.
When she defaulted, the couple received an unpleasant letter from the district court.
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According to
kukksi.de,
this is just the beginning.
The couple owes the job center an additional up to 3,000 euros.
They had previously borrowed this sum from the office to finance back child benefit payments, the initial equipment for the baby and the apartment and have not yet paid it back.
Despite citizens' benefit, the couple could receive more money in the future through basic security and additional income.
The youth welfare office is closely monitoring the young family
Her first son is now one and a half years old, the second or perhaps third child is on the way.
But the youth welfare office is watching the family closely and accuses them of a lack of care.
Jasmin is supposed to move with her child to a supervised mother-child home for two years - without her husband Maik.
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