Hungary unveils modern EUR 2.5 million workers’ hostel to boost local employment – PHOTOS
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A new workers’ hostel with 46 apartments was built in Nyírbátor, Hungary, with an investment of nearly HUF 1 billion (EUR 2,5 million). The opening ceremony took place on Thursday in the small town of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county.
At the event, Sándor Czomba, Secretary of State for Employment Policy at the Ministry of National Economy (NGM), recalled that since 2017, the Hungarian government has issued calls for tenders to establish workers’ hostels seven times. The aim of these initiatives is to alleviate mobility issues in the labour market.
New, modern workers’ hostel inaugurated
“It is preferable to bring jobs to where there is a large available workforce, so every such investment is very important to us,” the secretary of state emphasised.
Czomba also pointed out that today’s accommodations are no longer mass dormitories but offer cultured living conditions that help workers—whether “blue-collar or white-collar”—to truly rest and recuperate.
Miklós Simon, Fidesz Member of Parliament for the region, highlighted that over the past fifteen years, 62 programs have brought HUF 44 billion (EUR 110 million) in benefits to the people of Nyírbátor. A quarter of this funding was directly for job creation and appeared as support for companies.