The government has decided to spend an additional 110 billion yen from its reserve funds for this fiscal year and 2023 to support areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
At a cabinet meeting on the 1st, the government decided to spend a total of 116.7 billion yen from the reserve funds of the general account and special account for this fiscal year.
In order to support housing reconstruction, 6.1 billion yen will be spent to establish a new subsidy system in six cities and towns in Ishikawa Prefecture that will provide up to 3 million yen to those whose homes are partially destroyed or more and need to be rebuilt. Masu.
Targets include households with the elderly and people with disabilities, households exempt from resident tax, and households with loan balances exceeding a certain level.
Additionally, 15.8 billion yen has been earmarked for the cost of constructing temporary housing in the disaster-stricken areas of Ishikawa Prefecture.
In addition, ▽Recovery costs for infrastructure such as roads, rivers, and water supplies, and ▽Investigation costs for fishing ports that have suffered extensive damage, are included.
This is the third time that the government has disbursed contingency funds to support areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and the total expenditure is 276.7 billion yen in the general account and special account.