financial benefits:
basic income (BI)
Purposes and characteristics
- Covering the basic needs of independent financial household units who have no financial means of support.- It is a subsidy and, where appropriate, a supplement for other financial means of support.
- It is for buying food.
- It is not transferable.
- "Independent financial household units" are made up of people who use a single dwelling or house as their usual place of residence and may be of three types:
1.- People who live on
their own.
2.- People who are linked to each
other by marriage or similar links and family ties; other units can exceptionally
be considered to form part of this group, when one of the following circumstances
arises:
- They are victims of abuse.
- People with minors in their care.
3.- People without these links who
share accommodation they have been provided with on a temporary basis.
Amount 2007
| Maximums depending on Nº of members |
Month | Year | B.I. supplement MONTH (fixed amount) |
B.I. supplement YEAR (fixed amount) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 585,82 | 7.029,84 | 0,00 | 0,00 |
| 2 | 752,25 | 9.027,00 | 6,65 | 79,8 |
| 3 | 818,82 | 9.825,84 | 14,26 | 171,12 |
| 4 | 832,13 | 9.985,56 | 88,73 | 1.064,76 |
| >=5 | 832,13 | 9.985,56 | 132,18 | 1.586,16 |
People over 60 years of age have the right to a supplement.
Requirements and applications
Requirements:
1.-You must have formed an independent
financial household unit for ONE YEAR before the date you apply for this,
except in the following cases:
- You have people who are minors or disabled in your
care.
- You are linked to someone else by marriage or a similar
relationship: in this case the period is 6 months.
- You have formed the new unit because you have separated
from your spouse or the person you were living with, as long as the new
unit does not include any new people.
- You have formed the new unit owing to the death of
both parents, tutors or representatives.
2.-You must have been registered
in any municipality in the Autonomous Basque Community for one year before
applying.
3.-You must lack the financial means
of support in the terms envisaged here.
4.-You must be 23 years of age or
over. The exceptions for people under 23 years of age are as follows:
- When they are financially responsible for minors or
people who are disabled.
- They are orphans without father and mother.
- People who have been married or living together in
a similar relationship for 6 months before applying.
Applications:
At the Town Council Social Services Offices in your place of residence.
Legal regulation
- Ley 8/2000, de 10 de Noviembre, de modificación de la Ley Contra la Exclusión Social.- Ley 10/2000, de 27 de diciembre, de Carta de Derechos Sociales.
- Decreto 198/1999, de 20 de abril , por el que se regula el Ingreso Mínimo de Inserción (BOPV 20 de mayo de 1999).
- Orden de 30 de junio de 1999 por la que se establecen los valores catastrales máximos previstos (BOPV de 22 de julio de 1999).
- Orden de 14 de febrero de 2001 por la que se establecen los estímulos al empleo de los titulares de la Renta Básica y de los beneficiarios de las Ayudas de Emergencia Social (BOPV de 21 de febrero de 2001).
