I read through the highlights of that brochure. The ārent and mangeā sub topic grabbed my eye, but did not pan out, already expecting a spelling error. Thank you for the second link.
Thank you again. Article 16-1 in the second document does address the basic issue, but I am trying to validate whether Taiwan had a specific work for public housing program in place in the past 25 years.
Right now, this consists of NHI which is a lot stronger than in the US (basically medicare and medicaid which is limited to the seniors and poor people), also laobao and pension contributions which is very similar to workerās comp and social security (I do not know what the difference is).
Taiwan doesnāt really have food stamp that I know of, but thereās a ālow incomeā and āmedium low incomeā status that is means tested, hard to get, and very heavily dependent on your household registration. They might have similar benefit to US SNAP program. I think the benefit is lower NHI premium, and a monthly stipend.
There might be welfare for aboriginals. There are also public housing but I donāt know how it works or if itās anything like section 8 (I am not clear what section 8 does either).
I think Taiwanese welfare is actually stronger than in the US but not as strong as say the EU. NHI in particular is much stronger than in the US, considering that pre NHI Taiwanās healthcare is like the US. I canāt speak on pre NHI times because my family was covered under a military healthcare where we paid 10nt to go to a military hospital (like the tri service hospital)
Thank you for your input, The āgong yuā is what I am trying to get a grasp of. It was explained to me during my time on the ROC that people could live in govt housing if they did menial work, for example sweeping the walkways in govt parks? Is there creedence to this?
Iām not sure. I think a lot of these gong yu were built hastily in the early days due to a housing shortage and so thatās why they all looked like prison blocks. My grandparents lived in government housing though, basically housing made for military servicemen and their family.