{"id":5690,"date":"2025-07-01T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:00:32","slug":"romanian-mps-who-own-property-in-bucharest-no-longer-receive-rent-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5690","title":{"rendered":"Romanian MPs who own property in Bucharest no longer receive rent allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Parliament has voted to exclude lawmakers who own residential properties in Bucharest or the surrounding Ilfov county from receiving housing allowances for accommodation costs in the capital. In a plenary session on Monday, June 30, 361 members of Parliament voted in favor of the measure, while two abstained, <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/viata-parlamentara\/2025\/06\/30\/parlamentarii-care-detin-locuinte-in-bucuresti-si-ilfov-nu-mai-primesc-bani-de-chirie-in-capitala--1464191\" target=\"_blank\">Agerpres<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the lawmakers receive a monthly fixed allowance from the budgets of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, based on a sworn declaration that serves as justification for accommodation expenses incurred while serving their mandates. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/hotnews.ro\/parlamentarii-care-au-case-in-bucuresti-nu-vor-mai-primi-bani-pentru-chirie-legea-a-fost-votata-azi-in-parlament-2014710\">Hotnews.ro<\/a>, the amount can go up to RON 4,600.<\/p>\n<p>The new regulation specifically denies this benefit to any member of Parliament who has domicile in or owns, either individually or with their spouse, a residential property in Bucharest or Ilfov. The rule also applies if the spouse alone owns such property.<\/p>\n<p>The change aims to ensure that housing allowances are reserved for those who genuinely need accommodation support in the capital during their parliamentary term.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Parliament has voted to exclude lawmakers who own residential properties in Bucharest or the surrounding Ilfov county from receiving housing allowances for accommodation costs in the capital. In a plenary session on Monday, June 30, 361 members of Parliament voted in favor of the measure, while two abstained, Agerpres reported. Currently, the lawmakers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}