Saturday, December 18, 2021
Conversion of Hartz IV
Heil announces “great social reform”
Hartz IV is to become what is known as Bürgergeld – this is what the coalition agreement of the traffic light government provides. Federal Minister of Labor Heil wants to go beyond the already announced relief for those affected. The SPD politician plans to create “more generous opportunities for additional earnings”.
Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil announces the planned restructuring of the Hartz IV system as a comprehensive reform. “With the new citizens’ money we are planning a fundamental change of course in social policy, a major social reform,” said the SPD politician of the “Rheinische Post”. “The system is being rebuilt, reducing bureaucracy and focusing more on getting people out of unemployment in the long term.”
The conversion of Hartz IV to a so-called citizen’s money is provided for in the traffic light coalition agreement. Heil explained how he imagines how to deal with those affected in the future: “We say: If you slip into the citizen’s allowance, we will support you with all means to get out of unemployment in the long term, and you don’t have to worry anymore. that you lose your apartment. ” It is about people being able to concentrate “fully” on getting out of unemployment in the long term. For this they should be freed from “existential worries about the apartment or the small savings”.
According to the traffic light plans, the suitability of the apartment should not be checked for someone who is entitled to basic security for two years. During this period, savings should not have to be touched.
Heil announced further reliefs: “There will also be more generous opportunities for additional earnings,” he told the newspaper. “Children of basic income support recipients who have a holiday job will no longer experience that this is offset.” When asked whether the new rules would provide an incentive to settle in for a longer period of basic social security, the minister said no. “Most people want to work,” he said with conviction.