Three out of four applications for Minimum Living Income have been denied

Three out of every four applications for

(MVI) -73% - have been denied and it

, which is mainly attributed to the complexity of the procedure and the demanding requirements.

These are the latest data published by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, which register almost

and an average amount of the benefit per beneficiary of 172 euros per month and 436 per household.

Currently, the IMV has been granted to 800,000 people, about a third of the beneficiaries foreseen by the Government, which was 2,300,000 people.

The coverage of the Minimum Living Income continues to be unequal in the national territory, with communities such as

, with 4.9% of income earners with respect to the population below the poverty line;

, with 5.5%, the

, 5.8% and

with 5.95 percent.

At the other extreme,

(22.2%),

(20.3),

(19.4) and

(15.2%). The analysis, carried out by the Association of Directors and Managers in Social Services with The official data states that despite the social crisis, 337,000 files have been approved and the IMV does not execute even half of the annual budget.

"In nine months, Social Security has only paid out

," denounces its president, José Manuel Ramírez.

As of September 2021, 1.45 million applications had been received, of which 91% were valid files.

In the first 15 months since its launch, 1.24 million applications have been processed, while there are almost 100.00 still unresolved (97,513).

Of the total number of applications, only one in 4 has been approved, 27%: 337,000 have been approved and 888,000 denied.

"The refusals are produced due to the

. The Ministry itself, in response through the Transparency Portal at the request of our association, acknowledges that 60% have occurred due to not meeting the criteria vulnerability (by exceeding the income and equity thresholds), "explains Ramírez. He recalls that the income from the income of 2019 is valued, the year in which the pandemic did not impact.

"The other 10% of denials are due to the

, for which the collective historical register is still required," adds the head of the association. "The number of approved does not meet expectations deposited in this new subjective right ", laments Ramírez, although he acknowledges a slight improvement due to the successive changes in the procedure: in 2020 the positive resolutions were 15.3%, in 2021 until March they were 27.9% and until September 30 ,4 %".

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