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OVER 36,600 FAMILIES IN VILLAGES AVAIL OF HOME SUBSIDIES

 

More than 36,600 families who live in Hungary’s smallest communities have been awarded close to 200 billion forints (EUR 498.6m) of subsidies available under a scheme supporting home purchases, renovations and expansions since its launch in 2019, government commissioner Alpár Gyopáros said in a video message posted on Facebook on Friday. The programme, part of the Home Purchase Subsidy Scheme for Families (CSOK) available to all Hungarians with children or planning families with children, offers residents of villages with populations under 5,000, where the rate of depopulation exceeds the national average, subsidies of between 300,000 and 5 million forints for home renovation and 600,000 to 10 million forints for home purchase and renovation. The village CSOK programme was set to expire at the end of 2022 but has been extended for another two years, until December 31, 2024, Gyopáros noted. Residents of around 2,600 villages are eligible to participate in the programme, he added.