Germany's living alb dream: 17.5 million in poverty strudel!

Germany's living alb dream: 17.5 million in poverty strudel!

A new, shocking study raises the alarm and shows in an impressive way how dramatic the situation in Germany has become: A shocking number of over 17.5 million people lives in the poverty area after deducting housing costs. Almost unimaginable that many households only have to apply more than a third of their income - some even more than half - only for living.

The General Association Data from the Federal Statistical Office analyzed. The shocking result: Around 5.4 million more people than before are affected by poverty. The study makes it clear: it is a big mistake to only look at income without calculating the exploding housing costs. The true dimension of poverty in Germany often remains in the dark.

Who is particularly strongly hit by poverty?

One quickly wonders: who is most affected? The realization that young adults under the age of 25, including many students and people over the age of 65, often live in housing poverty is oppressive. Single pensioners are particularly hard because they have the highest housing costs per capita in old age. Numbers that leave the shivering: people aged 65 and over have a poverty rate of 27.1 percent, while young adults are affected by 31 percent. Single parents are even 36 percent and who live alone, terrifying 37.6 percent threatened by poverty, which increases to 41.7 percent in retirement age.

In cities such as Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Hamburg, housing force is most common, whereas Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria seem to have the situation better under control. The difference between conventional poverty rate and the poverty adjusted around the housing costs is particularly striking in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

concrete fates

Behind the numbers are people like Ms. Schmidt from Berlin, a pensioner who has to expect 870 euros after deducting the rent and thus clearly slips into poverty (possibly including housing benefit). Or the Kranz family from Hamburg, which despite a total income above the conventional poverty line at the end of the month with less than 1,850 euros for four people. [BILD-ZEITUNG] has clearly listed examples to make the need more tangible.

Especially young students such as Mila Nguyen from Leipzig, who wanted to increase their income through an affordable shared apartment, know what it means to cope with less than 1,000 euros after deducting the rent per month. These moving stories impressively show how perfidious poverty grows under our eyes!

an urgent appeal to politics

It is clear that there is an urgent need for action! The parity overall association vehemently demands that the future government is finally acting - with socially acceptable living space, better wages and comprehensive social security. Joachim Rock, the general manager of the association, emphasizes how desperate the situation really is: "Good wages and a policy that keeps rents affordable are essential to combat poverty sustainably", according to his urgent appeal to prevent further crashes into the poverty dilemma.

The situation is serious - and without your own task of responsibility. It is now important to ensure rapid and permanent solutions to put an end to the poverty madness. Because there is a lot at stake: dignity of people. It's time to act!

The entire evaluation of the study can be found in detail at Bild newspaper .