A stable foundation also comes with a stable income. It remains absurd that in a wealthy country like the Netherlands, some families cannot make ends meet by the end of the month. Even more bizarre is that in Groningen, your postal code determines your age at death and how much you have to spend. Student & Stad advocates for a municipality that is ready for people and for a city with equal opportunities for every neighbourhood. That's why we are fully investing in job security and vulnerable neighbourhoods.
Furthermore, we see that the financial situation of students has deteriorated significantly in recent years. Students have to work a lot in addition to their full-time studies to be able to pay the soaring rents, and from most internship salaries, you can barely get through a week.
Student & Stad advocates for a government that pays attention to everyone who is in trouble. Therefore, we focus on collaborations with vocational, higher professional, and university institutions to identify young people with debts at an early stage. Additionally, we invest in information and accessible assistance with financial matters to prevent debts whenever possible.
A stable foundation also comes with a stable income. It remains absurd that in a wealthy country like the Netherlands, some families cannot make ends meet by the end of the month. Even more bizarre is that in Groningen, your postal code determines your age at death and how much you have to spend. Student & Stad advocates for a municipality that is ready for people and for a city with equal opportunities for every neighbourhood. That's why we are fully investing in job security and vulnerable neighbourhoods.
Furthermore, we see that the financial situation of students has deteriorated significantly in recent years. Students have to work a lot in addition to their full-time studies to be able to pay the soaring rents, and from most internship salaries, you can barely get through a week.
Student & Stad advocates for a government that pays attention to everyone who is in trouble. Therefore, we focus on collaborations with vocational, higher professional, and university institutions to identify young people with debts at an early stage. Additionally, we invest in information and accessible assistance with financial matters to prevent debts whenever possible.
AFFORDABILITY
We invest unevenly in equal opportunities and strive to continue neighbourhood renewal as much as possible in collaboration with neighbourhood residents. This way, we ensure that everyone in Groningen gets an equal chance, regardless of the postal code where they live.
We develop programs for financial education, for example, focused on online gambling and payday loans, and we additionally work together with educational institutions to detect financial problems among young people as early as possible.
We are committed to a fairer subsidy and debt cancellation policy for students and other young people. For example, by giving students who cannot borrow access to municipal subsidies, as this group is currently unjustly excluded. Moreover, debt cancellation of municipal taxes should also be accessible for residents of non-independent living spaces, as it is unfair that someone in a studio or apartment has this right but someone living in shared accommodation does not.
We invest unevenly in equal opportunities and strive to continue neighbourhood renewal as much as possible in collaboration with neighbourhood residents. This way, we ensure that everyone in Groningen gets an equal chance, regardless of the postal code where they live.
We develop programs for financial education, for example, focused on online gambling and payday loans, and we additionally work together with educational institutions to detect financial problems among young people as early as possible.
We are committed to a fairer subsidy and debt cancellation policy for students and other young people. For example, by giving students who cannot borrow access to municipal subsidies, as this group is currently unjustly excluded. Moreover, debt cancellation of municipal taxes should also be accessible for residents of non-independent living spaces, as it is unfair that someone in a studio or apartment has this right but someone living in shared accommodation does not.