The Hungarian government’s Home Start Programme is a distinctive government initiative designed to help not only young people but also those who are ‘young at heart’ and do not yet own a home. ‘We heard the message from young people clearly: first comes a home, then a family,’ Minister for Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó of Hungary explained in an interview with Vasarnap.hu.
According to the minister, the fact that around a thousand applications are submitted each day demonstrates that the government’s housing strategy is on the right path. This approach, he continued, promotes family support and home ownership rather than reliance on state assistance. ‘While Brussels and the TISZA Party’s influences advocate for migration and rental subsidies that foster dependency, our government is focused on building a nation of independent homeowners,’ he stated.
Minister Hankó also pointed out that, in addition to the Home Start Programme, reforms have taken place in vocational and higher education, and a personal income tax exemption for those under 25 has provided major financial relief. ‘This policy has left more than 610 billion HUF ($1.8 billion) in the hands of young people over recent years. Currently, 300,000 young Hungarians benefit from it, saving an average of 1.2 million HUF ($3,540) annually,’ he stressed.
He then went on to contrast this with the European Union’s migration-focused demographic policies, underscoring that ‘the Hungarian government believes that population growth should be achieved by supporting work and family, rather than through mass migration.’
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