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14th November, 2024
Nearly 3mn Hungarians live in housing poverty
Some 2.8 million Hungarians are living in housing with at least one of the four standard indicators of housing poverty, the organisation Habitat for Humanity said in its housing report released on Wednesday.
An estimated 232,000 people live in 90,160 households without a bath, shower or indoor toilet.
Of the chief indices of housing poverty this was the only one which has improved largely in the past ten years, having fallen from 660,000.
Eurostat says there are 475,000 households in Hungary where the roof leaks, the walls are mouldy or the floor is rotting, with 1.2 million people living in such conditions.
In addition, residents of 328,000 households cannot afford to heat their homes sufficiently.
An estimated 1,670,000 people live in overcrowded properties. The majority of families of four to five live in such places, while almost all families of six or more live in overcrowded conditions.
One definition of housing poverty is that the resident spends 40% of their income on housing, as is the case in 105,000 households.
If this limit were defined at 30%, then one-third of the country would belong here.
Zsolt Szegfalvi, the Hungarian executive director of Habitat for Humanity, said the government has at last recognised that there is a housing problem, as 10 of the 21 points in the government’s economic stimulus package deal with housing, and the Budapest city council is also addressing this issue. (hvg.hu; nepszava.hu)
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14th November, 2024
More students opt for foreign universities
After the decline caused by the pandemic, the number of Hungarian students studying abroad is increasing again at an accelerating rate, reaching over 17,500 for the first time in the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Engame Academy’s estimate.
The top five destination countries are Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.
The Netherlands is slowly catching up with Germany, as it offers many English-language courses.
This year the number of Hungarian students in the Netherlands matches the number of Hungarians who were studying in the UK before Brexit.
However, it is expected that this number will fall, due to high housing costs. (portfolio.hu)
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14th November, 2024
Zebras found on Meszaros land
Acting on a reader’s tip, staff members of the Gulyasagyu Media website found zebras living on land near Hatvanpuszta that belongs to the Talentis Group, one of Lorinc Meszaros companies.
The land is protected from human eyes by a double fence and an artificial hill.
Photographs taken show African zebras and a herd of Ankole-Watusi cattle – and a donkey.
Warning signs hanging on the fence state that a company licensed to hunt is active in the area, and that the fence may be a danger to both human beings and dogs if touched.
Gulyasagyu checked on the price of the two rare animals and found that each one of the special breed of cattle costs euro 1,500-10,000 while a zebra is for sale at euro 5,000-15,000. (telex.hu)
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