If it is up to D66, the municipality will also start a trial with which people entitled to social assistance can live together without their benefit being reduced.
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The municipality lowers the benefit now because people entitled to social assistance would have less housing costs if they lived with more people in the house. The more residents who are 21 years old, the lower the benefit for the person entitled to social assistance. This is called the cost-sharing standard.
Tilburg
In Tilburg that is different. Residents on social assistance are allowed to live together for six months on a probationary basis without this affecting their benefits. As far as we know, it is the only municipality in the Netherlands that allows this, but D66-fRaction chairman Reinier van Dantzig and D66 councilor Yassmine El Ksaihi have informed the Amsterdam city council requested to follow the example of Tilburg.
“The cost-sharing standard may contribute to the high percentage of social assistance claimants in Amsterdam (30%) who feel socially isolated,” write the two D66 members. “Finally, Amsterdammers hardly share any homes, which only makes the housing crisis worse. On average, there are 1.9 Amsterdammers per home.”
Numbers
They also want to know from the city council how many people on social assistance currently live alone and how many of those Amsterdammers actually want to live together. The two also ask whether, in addition to financial consequences, there are also other reasons why the people entitled to social assistance would not want to live together.
If it is up to the party, the cost-sharing standard will also not apply if family members, such as older children or grandmothers or grandfathers, come to live with the person entitled to social assistance.
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