More people in Hessen received housing benefit

In Hesse, the number of households entitled to housing benefit has risen by 22 percent.

This was announced by the State Statistical Office in Wiesbaden on Wednesday.

According to this, 40,225 Hessian households received housing benefit in the past year, while this still affected 32,975 households in 2019.

The State Statistical Office sees one reason for the increase in the

Wiesbaden - Housing benefit reform applicable in January 2020.

This was initiated in order to adapt the housing benefit to the general development of rents and incomes.

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The largest group of the main income earners in housing benefit households were pensioners and retirees last year, of whom 16,415 received the grant.

That corresponded to a share of 42.2 percent.

In second place were employees and civil servants with 16,155 recipients, which corresponds to a share of 41.5 percent.

According to the State Statistical Office, the average monthly entitlement in pure housing benefit households was 210 euros per month in 2020.

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