The job centers in Saxony-Anhalt have to pay for the accommodation of Hartz IV recipients in fewer and fewer cases.
As a survey by the dpa showed, the number of so-called benefit communities who are entitled to this benefit has recently declined.
According to the latest available figures, there was in Magdeburg in June 13.
Magdeburg - 359 benefit communities that are entitled to the assumption of the cost of accommodation.
In June there were still 13,510, said the job center.
Other job centers also reported falling numbers.
dpa