Jobbik proposes home rental scheme for young couples

Budapest, January 2 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party is proposing the launch of a home rental scheme for young families based partly on Austrian and former Hungarian examples, deputy group leader Daniel Z Karpat said on Friday.

Karpat told a press conference that most young people have no chance to buy a home and the government could build homes for rental at a cost of 50-60 billion forints (EUR 160m-190m) to be paid from allocations for integration programmes.

After a few years, the rent could be converted to a monthly instalment that would enable the tenant to eventually acquire ownership, he added. According to Karpat, offering homes for rent to young people would reduce emigration and would also boost childbirth.

Jobbik proposes that only Hungarian construction companies should be used in the scheme and they should be expected to rely mostly on Hungarian firms as suppliers.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters