COMMON PROBLEM: The ministry said that landlords are reluctant to change their tenants’ household registration details, as they would incur added taxes

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 23, 2019
By: Sean Lin  /  Staff reporter

The Ministry of the Interior yesterday said that the rights of people eligible for a planned rent subsidy

program would not be affected, even if their household registration does not reflect the location of their rented homes.

However, people who are unemployed need to be registered in the same city or county as the units they want to rent to qualify for the subsidies, it said.

Those who are employed and have presented documented proof would be eligible for the subsidies, even if their household registration information shows that they are from a different city or county, it said.

The Executive Yuan on Thursday approved a rent subsidy program targeting single people aged 20 to 40, couples who have been married for no more than two years and families with children younger than 20.    [FULL  STORY]