Saxony-Anhalt: 21,420 pure housing benefit households in Saxony-Anhalt

Halle (dpa/sa) - In Saxony-Anhalt, at the end of last year, all people in 21,420 households were entitled to housing benefit. In 63.3 percent of these households, the main earner received a pension, the State Statistical Office announced on Wednesday in Halle. The average monthly total income was 747 euros, the entitlement to housing benefit was 126 euros. At the end of last year, 22,390 households nationwide received a subsidy for their housing costs. That was 565 or 2.6 percent fewer than a year earlier. According to the statisticians, the average monthly housing allowance was 147 euros last year.