Orbán cabinet: Hungarian family support policy is seen as a model

The Hungarian government’s family support policy is seen as a model and “a reference point” to be followed, Katalin Novák, the state secretary of the human resources ministry, said on Tuesday, summing up the recent 13th World Congress of Families in Verona.

Participants at the congress were primarily interested in learning about the scheme’s financing mechanism, Novák told public news channel M1, adding she had outlined the package of family support measures that parliament passed on Monday.

These include granting an interest-free general purpose loan up to 10 million forints (EUR 31,100) to married couples who commit to having children and expanding the preferential home purchase subsidy scheme to include resale homes.

The measures also include partially exempting families from mortgage repayments after the birth of their first child and granting up to 2.5 million forints for purchases of new, seven-passenger vehicles for families with at least three children.