Guaranteed minimum resources in Austria 2012

October 2012, MMag.a Barbara Hauenschild, 20 pages

The needs-oriented guaranteed minimum resources is a success story, as Social Minister Hundstorfer has recently stated, because many people could be brought into work. However, a comparison of the implementation by the federal states also shows that the systems are - despite uniform minimum standards - regionally very differently designed. The federal states use the opportunity given to them to grant higher benefits than the mandatory minimum standards. That also means that the place of residence still determines the amount of the financial benefit. For single-parent households with one child, the difference in support amounts to around € 100 a month, depending on whether they live in Carinthia or Upper Austria. This difference even rises to €140 a month for couples with two children, depending on whether they live in Carinthia or Vienna.

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