Unemployment Benefit Injustice: PS Tables a Bill to Abolish Cohabitant Status Impacting 500,000 Belgians

2023-10-25 14:18:26

Patricia lives on 800 euros of unemployment benefit per month because she accommodates her son who works. An injustice in the eyes of the PS which is tabling a bill this Thursday aimed at abolishing the status of cohabitant which concerns more than 500,000 Belgians. However, the approach has little chance of succeeding before the elections. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the Economy department By Maxime Biermé Published on 10/25/2023 at 4:18 p.m. Reading time: 3 min

Complicated start to the week for Patricia in Blaton near the French border. The fifty-year-old who has been unemployed since last May, and on sick leave for almost two years, returned empty-handed from the CPAS. “I wanted to apply for an energy bonus to help me pay my 579 euro fuel oil bill. They refuse it to me because I exceed the ceilings even though I receive 800 euros per month. They asked me for a breakdown of income which indicates that my son earns 2,000 euros, but that is not my money! »

Like several hundred thousand Belgians (540,000 precisely), Patricia is impacted by the cohabitant status regime. It implies that social rights are not linked to each person but to the income composition of the household in which he or she resides.

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