Only a month after the MKs' salary was raised, the Knesset committee is expected to discuss tomorrow (Wednesday) the recommendation to raise the rent participation for MKs who do not live in the Jerusalem area from NIS 3,616 to NIS 4,600 a month.
It should be noted that the decision will also affect the deputy ministers.
It should be noted that the salary of MKs currently stands at NIS 47,583 per month.
The Public Committee for Determining Salaries and Other Payments to Knesset Members writes in its recommendation that will be discussed tomorrow, that "the participation amount currently stands at NIS 3,616, and is linked to the Consumer Price Index every January 1. This amount was last determined in 2008 - when it was NIS 2,800, and reality shows Because the annual linkage to the index does not catch up with the increase in rental prices, so the members of the Knesset who are interested in it find it difficult to rent an apartment that suits their needs."
Is the current salary not enough to rent an apartment?, Photo: Yehoshua Yosef
We will remind you that a month ago the Knesset Committee approved the recommendation of the Public Committee to raise the salaries of Knesset members by 5.1%, instead of linking them to the average salary which was 12.5%.
The chairman of the youth committee, MK Naama Lazimi (Labor), said in response: "It cannot be that when it comes to MKs they will recognize the need to increase assistance with rent expenses, while those entitled to assistance with rent and public housing residents will continue to suffer.
Due to the cost of living and the increase in housing prices, and in particular the increase in rental prices, rent assistance has been eroded in an unprecedented manner for more than a decade, at the same time as the state's choice not to increase the stock of public housing and not to extend the validity of the Ran Cohen Law.
"Calls to freeze the decision."
MK Naama Lazimi, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
"I call on MK Ofir Katz, who is not only the chairman of the Knesset committee but also the chairman of the coalition, to freeze the decision on increasing assistance with our expenses until after the state budget and increasing assistance to eligible tenants.
It is appropriate that we decide on increasing aid for us, only after we see if the state increases aid to disadvantaged populations that need this aid much more," MK Lazimi concluded.
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