Balgarianovinite.com Housing policy will play a particularly important place in the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) election programme, leader Krum Zarkov said during a meeting with the leadership of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) on Wednesday. The talks were initiated by the trade union in connection with the snap parliamentary elections on April 19.
According to Zarkov, the BSP will propose the development of an investment programme with a budget of EUR 1 billion to build municipal housing stock in major cities, with priority housing conditions for young families. The party also plans to support families with children purchasing their own homes by providing EUR 5,000 from the purchase price or toward the required down payment on a mortgage loan. There would be conditions preventing the property from being resold within a certain period, Zarkov explained.
The party will also propose assistance to cover housing rent costs for families with children who do not own a home, under certain conditions – EUR 100 per month for a family with one child and EUR 250 for families with two or more children, he added.
The Socialists also plan to include in their programme an increase in the one-time child birth allowance, as well as linking the maternity benefit during the second year to the minimum wage. They also propose a state scholarship for student mothers enrolled in full-time education who have children up to six years old. Other proposals include increasing tax relief for children and raising the minimum and maximum daily unemployment benefits.
“We need to enter into a reasonable and rational debate on introducing progressive income taxation for individuals with a corresponding tax-free minimum, while maintaining the current tax rate for workers,” Zarkov said. The party also plans to increase the dividend tax and raise gambling fees.
The BSP supports the trade unions’ demand for a 5% wage increase in sectors financed through subsidies, with Zarkov noting that the parliamentary group will submit such a proposal between the first and second readings of the so-called extension budget.
“We also support the constitutional guarantee of the right to protest and strike,” Zarkov said. The party has proposals to encourage and strengthen collective bargaining agreements. Initially, BSP plans to introduce an obligation to negotiate those agreements in all large enterprises, and later also in medium-sized companies.
The party is considering a limit on hiring of low-skilled workers from third countries in large and medium enterprises where no collective bargaining agreement exists, in order to curb social dumping, the BSP leader added. Housing Policy Will Play Important Role in Socialist Election Programme – BSP Leader 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-11 11:37:45 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law