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Many Arm-star dammers in capital

04-07-2015 16:58

More than one in five of Amsterdam (23.7 percent) live in poverty. That means that 96 246 families have enough money to live a normal life, so the Armoedemonitor of the municipality of Amsterdam shows.

Poverty in Amsterdam is higher than the national average of 15.3 percent.

Elderly and young people in the city live most often in poverty. Of young people between 10 and 14 years grows almost a third on a minimum household, of all people over 65 is 28 percent.

Many singles

The proportion of young people in households with a minimum income in Amsterdam twice as high as in the rest of the Netherlands. Singles constitute the vast majority (82 percent) of households with a low income. 66 percent of which is single with no children, 16 percent single with children.

The minimums households have a third social assistance, a third is at work and a third has a different benefit or pension. Of the total number of households with a minimum 30 percent live in Southeast, 26 percent in North and 25 percent in West.

POVERTY THRESHOLD UP

The municipality has many features to support households with a low income. There's also added a new group, because the poverty line this year has been increased from 110 percent to 120 percent of the statutory minimum wage. Amsterdammers can therefore take advantage of the poverty amenities like the school fee, the PC supply and Citypass. However, research shows that some facilities are still insufficiently known in Amsterdam. This is mainly due to the large amount of different arrangements.

EXPLANATION

In Amsterdam West therefore a few months ago the "Get-your-chance cards" designed for parents with a low income. On the cards are explained the arrangements for parents with low incomes. "We have these cards for a few months and they are again," says a spokesman. "We have new cards within and are to our partners that are in contact with the parents."

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