Currently, people holding advanced positions in the country bear the cost of PLN 50.55 per square metre of renting premises belonging to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. The fresh regulation would exempt ministers and deputy prime ministers from this obligation, including them among politicians and officials who already usage housing paid by the state budget, including the President, Prime Minister, Members and Senators. According to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, extending the list of persons who can usage free housing is justified erstwhile comparing the privileges of another constitutional bodies. Work on the fresh government is expected to end in the 3rd 4th of this year.
The current 2002 Regulation allows advanced public officials to usage business premises but requires them to pay rent. The draft proposed that housing costs for ministers and deputy prime ministers should be covered by ministries or the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, while politicians would proceed to bear operating expenses. According to that Regulation, in the absence of government premises, private housing can be rented. However, it is unclear whether the government plans to make usage of this anticipation and finance housing for ministers outside its own resources.
Nobody wants to live there.
Similar privileges are already granted to the President, Prime Minister, Marshals and Members and Senators who do not have housing in Warsaw. According to data, as many as 30 apartments were available on 30 October 2023 at Grzesiuk Street.
Compared to the same period last year, less people usage housing Minister Grzegorz Karpiński informed.
Most government resources are located at Grzesiuk Street in Warsaw Sadyba – 3 blocks from the 1990s, where rents scope from about 1300 to 3800 PLN per month. Still, No Deputy Prime Minister or Minister He didn't live there in late October.
How does it look abroad?
In many countries, members of the government have access to state-funded housing. In Germany, the Chancellor has an authoritative residence in Berlin, known as the Bundeskanzleramt. presently there is simply a controversial expansion of this complex, which aims to increase the area to 50,000 m2, which will make it larger than the White House. The project, which was to cost EUR 460 million, exceeded the budget and reached EUR 800 million. The expansion includes, among others, building a fresh wing with a winter garden, gym and landing ground for helicopters
Also in the UK, members of the government are provided with service apartments. For example, the Chancellor of the Treasury uses the Dorneywood residence in Buckinghamshire as a weekend rest. In addition, members of parliament may apply for housing allowances to cover the rent of properties in London or in their constituency. For 2022–2023, the London rental allowance was £25.080 per year, while outside London £17,840 per year.
