Opposition urges affordable rental housing for workers
The opposition LMP and Jobbik parties on Wednesday vowed to implement an affordable rental housing scheme for working people if the opposition wins the 2022 general election.
LMP lawmaker Márta Demeter told a press conference that she would initiate a pilot project in Budapest’s 8th and 9th districts to provide affordable housing for low-income workers if she was re-elected.
The opposition also wants to enable employers to contribute to their employees’ housing costs through in-kind benefits, she added.
Demeter said it was “unacceptable” that young people were often forced to spend their income on rent.
The opposition’s rental housing scheme would make life easier for them while protecting both tenants and landlords and keeping prices affordable, she added.
Dániel Z Kárpát of Jobbik told the same press conference that unlike the current government, his party and LMP were concerned about the future of young people, “because everyone deserves a chance to prosper”. Ruling Fidesz, however, “is outsourcing our national wealth to asset management foundations”, Z Kárpát insisted.
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Source: MTI
Please correct me if I am wrong but to the best of my knowledge, a certain (DK) opposition politician is the proud owner of at least TWENTY apartments in (Budapest) Hungary.
Would it not be better for the (DK) opposition to ‘lead by example’ and ensure those particular apartments are made available as housing for low-paid workers ?
After all, it is the votes from individuals in that particular demographic which the (DK) opposition is hoping to monopolise !
But then as the Socialists / Communists are so fond of saying : “ALL PIGS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME PIGS (i.e. US) ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.”
Best to eat chicken for the foreseeable future …..