Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191114 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Wirtschaftsdienst [ISSN:] 1613-978X [Volume:] 96 [Issue:] 7 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 501-509
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Die Bundesbeteiligung an den Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung war ursprünglich ein Instrument, um die kommunale Ebene aufgabenbezogen zu entlasten. Allerdings wird dieser Finanzierungsweg zunehmend für allgemeine finanzielle Erleichterungen vom Bund zugunsten der Kommunen genutzt. Damit verbleibt immer weniger Spielraum für weitere strukturelle Entlastungen der Kommunen, die der Bund jedoch im Rahmen des aktuellen Koalitionsvertrages zugesagt hat. Daher sind Alternativen gefragt.
Abstract (Translated): 
Social benefits amount to one quarter of municipal expenditures in Germany. Since 2005 the federal government has supported local governments by participating in the cost of housing for the unemployed at a fixed share. Since its conception, the instrument has been employed also for general financial relief. In the article each case is historically portrayed. The current federal government has pledged to relieve the municipalities by an additional amount of 5 billion euros a year. A simple way for achieving this relief would be to increase the federal share of subsidised housing costs. Alternatives are therefore presented.
JEL: 
H72
H73
H77
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Document Type: 
Article

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