Decade 500 plus. This is how Poles evaluate the program
Ten years after the introduction of 500 plus, half of Poles rate this program positively – according to a survey for “Wprost”. Every third of us is of the opposite opinion.
April 1 marked 10 years since the “Family 500 plus” program entered into force. The idea of introducing an allowance of PLN 500 for the second and subsequent children was a flagship promise of Law and Justice during the parliamentary campaign in 2015. Shortly after the party’s electoral victory, the law was passed, which resulted in the introduction of the benefit at the beginning of April 2016.
The first significant change to the program took place in the summer of 2019, when the benefit was also extended to the first child (previously, there was an income criterion – PLN 800 net per person in the family or PLN 1,200 if the family is raising a disabled child). Another breakthrough moment in the history of the program was the beginning of 2024, when the allowance was indexed to PLN 800.
10 years 500 plus. This is how Poles evaluate the program
How do Poles evaluate the program after a decade of operation? This was checked by SW Research for “Wprost”. Half of the respondents (50.1%) expressed a positive opinion. Almost every third of us (30.4%) has a different opinion, and one fifth of the survey participants (19.5%) have no opinion on this matter.
The benefit, which has been in force for 10 years, is best assessed by:
