Estonian parlt panel wants to cut housing-related subsidies for refugees

  • 2016-02-24
  • BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN - The constitutional committee of the Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, wants to reduce housing related subsidies for the persons who have been granted international protection by abolishing an obligation of the state to compensate such persons for the repair and furnishing expenses of municipal apartments, and significantly reducing the obligation to compensate them for rent. “It is natural that the state helps the refugees who have settled in Estonia get on their feet in their new homeland, but at the same time the paying of such allowances should be based on t...
 
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