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The poverty line will rise again next year! The Ministry of Health and Welfare and several counties and cities have recently announced that they have increased the minimum levels of living expenses for next year. Except for Taichung City and Taoyuan City, which have not increased, the rest, including Taipei City and New Taipei City, have increased. Taipei City, which has the highest level in the country, will increase 663 yuan to 17,668 yuan next year. After the increase, the standard of low and middle income in Taipei City will reach 25,241 yuan, which represents that the total household income of North City is distributed to the entire household population, which is less per person per month. A low and middle income household for more than 25,000 yuan.
According to the “Social Assistance Law”, the central government and municipalities must announce the minimum living expenses (commonly known as the poverty line) of the counties and cities each year before the end of September of each year. Next year, counties and cities will follow these minimum living, personal and real estate spending standards and review the Low-Income Households and Low-Income Household Qualifications.
The minimum subsistence expenses are adjusted with reference to 60% of the average disposable income per person in the last year published by the General Accounting Office of each region, and the accumulated variation reaches 5%. The increased minimum cost of living means that the application threshold for low-income and low- and middle-income households is lower, and more people can be included.
“Apple News” recently collected data from several counties and cities. Next year, the increase will include the increase in Taipei City from 17,005 yuan to 17,668 yuan, an increase of 3.9%, which is the sixth consecutive year of increase. That is, the total number of households living in North City Divide income by the entire household population. If the average monthly income per person is less than this amount, you can apply for it for low-income households; New Taipei City increased it from 15,500 yuan to 15,600 yuan, an increase of 0.6%, which is the fifth consecutive year of increase. Kaohsiung City increased from 13,099 yuan to 13,341 yuan, an increase of 1.8%; Tainan City increased from 12,388 yuan to 13,304 yuan, an increase of 7.4%.
● Beijing’s low- and middle-income standard is up to 25,000 yuan in Taiwan, nearly 1,000 yuan more than last year.
As for the province of Taiwan outside the six capitals, the increase was adjusted from 12,388 yuan to 13,288 yuan by 7.3%, which is a three-year increase. Jinmen and Lianjiang counties in Fujian province increased from 11,648 yuan to 12,102 yuan, an increase of 3.9%. Taoyuan City and Taichung City did not adjust because they did not reach the threshold of change.
In response to the increased minimum cost of living, the standard for low- and middle-income households has also been revised upwards. Beijing, the country with the most money, has risen to RMB 25,241, an increase of RMB 948 from today’s RMB 24,293 and more than the basic salary of RMB 24,000 next year. 1,241 yuan; New Taipei City at 23,400 yuan; Tainan City, 19,956 yuan, Kaohsiung City, 20.12 yuan, Taiwan Province, 19,932 yuan, Kinmen, Lianjiang County, 18,153 yuan. Taoyuan City and Taichung City were unchanged at RMB 22,292 and RMB 21,894 respectively.
After being included in low-income or lower-middle-income households, they can get reductions in health insurance rates, subsidies for children under 25 in high school or higher, etc., and low-income households also have life support fees. Additionally, the central government and counties and cities are eligible for subsidies such as rental subsidies, home purchase loans, child nutrition subsidies, etc., which are mostly related to minimum living expenses. After being included, they can earn grant qualifications or additional grants.
Su Zhaoru, deputy director of the Department of Social Assistance and Social Work at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that the increase in the minimum cost of living may include people who are on the edge and who are about to leave the poverty line, what benefits people. According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in the middle of this year there were 109,140 low- and middle-income households with 311,669 people; low-income households had 143,453 households with 297,785 people. The number of people decreased by approximately 2% compared to the same period last year. Su said it may be related to declining children and declining population.
● Academics: the impact of the epidemic is reflected in the slowdown or freezing of the increase in the poverty line in the following year.
However, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare recalls that in addition to the total family income of low- and middle-income households, the average distribution of the family population must be below the standard amount, and the value of the movable property of the Family (deposits, stocks and investments) and real estate must meet standards posted by counties and cities. It is included in the qualifications for attendance, if the public needs to call the 1957 Wellness Inquiry Hotline.
Xue Chengtai, former member of the Executive Yuan political committee and professor at the Department of Social Affairs of National Taiwan University who participated in the formulation of the “Minimum Living Spending Standard” of the “Social Assistance Law”, said General Accounting Office conducts household income and expenditure surveys from March to May each year to investigate people’s “last year” available The impact of the Wufei epidemic this year will be reflected in the minimum cost of living of the next year. The tourism industries that have been hit hard have been given leave without pay and closed. This will reduce the disposable income of the population and may slow down or not adjust the increase in the minimum cost of living. upload.
Ms. Qiu, who works from south to north, said that the salary in Taipei is relatively high, but living expenses are high. Rent and housing prices are even scarier. The monthly salary of more than 30,000 yuan does not save money after deducting basic expenses. It should also be considered a low-income household, right? “If the government does not dare to solve it, it will be useless to increase the minimum living expenses. (Reported by Tang Zhenyu / Taipei)
