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Living on the limit (Swiss Press Local 2025, by Martin Stoll) - Swiss Press Award

«Der Landbote», «Tages-Anzeiger», «Limmattaler Zeitung», «Aargauer Zeitung», «Solothurner Zeitung» und «bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel»

Local
2025

Martin Stoll

The "Living at the Limit" project, conducted by Öffentlichkeitsgesetz.ch and Reflekt, systematically investigated for the first time how much social assistance recipients are allowed to spend on their rent. Documents were requested from 552 municipalities – the largest series of such inquiries in Switzerland. The research reveals significant differences in the cantons of Aargau, Zurich, Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, and Basel-Stadt. Six regional editorial offices reported on ten newspaper pages.

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