Widersprüchlichkeiten bei der sozialen Absicherung des Wohnens. Policy-Inkohärenzen zwischen Grundsicherung und Wohngeld – Befunde und Reformvorschläge

Holger Cischinsky and Max-Christopher Krapp

WSI-Mitteilungen, 2020, vol. 73, issue 2, 100-109

Abstract: In Germany, both the basic social security and the preferential housing allowance are aimed at safeguarding housing security. However, both transfer systems are associated with different administrative responsibilities, diverging target group boundaries and divergent procedures of benefit determination. For those affected, these differences are expressed, inter alia, in different incentive systems in relation to the housing choice, but also in the fact that both systems intervene differently in the personal lifestyle. These policy inconsistencies become a problem for those affected if changes between the systems are caused solely by the different update regulations, by which the basic social security and housing subsidies react to general price and rent increases. This article identifies these inconsistencies from the point of view of affected households, makes suggestions for reducing such system changes and, against this background, assesses the recently adopted dynamics of housing allowance.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2020-2-100

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