Private detective
The liberal minister announces that measures will be taken to prevent this kind of situation from happening in the south of the country. “”In Wallonia, we take the lead. We work to generalize the analysis of water and electricity consumption to detect unoccupied dwellings and target fraud, especially on property abroad. “
The Walloon government is thinking of adopting the same methods as its Flemish counterpart. In the north of the country, the hunt for corporate tenants who have property abroad allowed Flanders to recover millions of euros. “”A reflection is also carried out on the use of private detectives, as is the case in Flanders “continues Cécile Neven.
In the south of the country, this type of measure had, each time, rejected by governments led by the PS. Socialists have always refused to embark on “A witch hunt “. With a center-right government at the helm of Wallonia, the wind has changed. “”Each place unduly occupied, it is a family pending “, adds Minister MR. ” Enough !”
Register
This information also reacted to the federal level. In the House, the president of the MR, Georges-Louis Bouchez, seized the file to demand stricter control measures against social fraudsters. “”It is the end of the myth according to which each of the corporate beneficiaries would have probity that would justify all these aids “insisted the deputy, adding that there “has abuse in Belgium”.
Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), Minister in charge of CPAS, replied that it would strengthen the chain of control of the SPP social integration, the public service to combat poverty. “”The checks will be extended and the CPAS will be the subject of more frequent controls. The recovery of aid unduly granted will be faster. What happened at the CPAS of Anderlecht cannot happen again. The checks must be more targeted in accordance with the police and the regions. “
Concretely, the federal minister promises to create a centralized register of all the aids granted by the public services, which the MR names a “aid cadastre “. This system should give an overview of the aid granted to each. This monitoring, coupled with aid ceilings, will avoid the accumulation of the benefits to the state of the state.