Newly published parliamentary data reveals that around 14% of households in Gozo are receiving government assistance to pay their electricity and water bills.
According to Social Policy Minister Michael Falzon, 1,036 Gozitan families currently benefit from the energy assistance programme, which is available to households with an annual income of less than €12,500.
The benefit is intended to help low-income families mitigate utility costs. It covers up to 30% of bills and offers additional subsidies for meter rental fees.
More than half of these families also receive further support to cover the cost of renting water and electricity meters.
The figures emerged in response to a parliamentary question by Gozitan PN MP Chris Said. The numbers are particularly significant when considered alongside the latest census data, which indicates Gozo has approximately 7,300 households.
The rest of the 16,325 housing units on the island are either used for tourism or occupied by Maltese residents on a seasonal basis.
This means nearly one in seven households on the island relies on this form of state aid.
No equivalent data is available for Malta, making it difficult to draw direct comparisons. However, the level of support required in Gozo has raised questions about the true extent of poverty on the island amid sustained national economic growth — or whether the system is being exploited.
The energy benefit caps support at €75 per person annually for bill coverage, with additional subsidies of up to €65 for electricity meter rent and €59 for water meter rent.
This apart from the incredibly high number of private cars in Gozo with a Z plate!
Gozitans seem to be always on top at tax evasion!
The reason for this is quite simple. Scores of people that used to live in Malta on social benefits and in social hpusing have in these last few years come to live on Gozo since the government took up entire blocks of apartments built by Portelli and his developer friends for social housing.
L Maltin tas social housing li invadaw Gzira dawk huma!! Mur investiga naqra Sur Ivan u ara x hemm! Alla bierek hawnhekk l gvern ma ftaharx kemm social housing ta f Ghawdex ghax ghamlu hekk biex ipaxxu lil Dirjanu and Portelli!! Xi hmieg!! Gzira gabuha mizbla!
Check out the numbers for income tax declared income and social security benefits….they will shock everyone!
L – ghawdxin huma l- aktar nies sinjuri fost il- poplu Malta kollu.L- anqas nies li ghadhom djun.Alllura kif jikwalifikaw ghal ghajnuna? Ahjar jinvestigaw ghax zgur lli dawn ghaddew minn xi tieqa biex ikwalifikaw.
Social Housing by Maltese in Gozo are the majority of these state aid. Gozo is no more with them. A P Q should be submitted to confirm how many Maltese with id card number ending M are in those figures.
GOZO IS A DARK SPOT FOR LABOUR. FORTUNATELY THE GOZITIANS ARE SO SMART. THEY PLAY THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT FOR ALL SORTS OF BENEFITS THAT LABOUR TRY TO BUY AND LOSE. LIKE IN THE LAST MEP’S AND COUNCILS ELECTION. PITY WE DON’T HAVE THE SAME INTELLIGENCE IN MALTA!!!💯🤔🤔🤔
Please note that Gozo has become the nest of social housing for Maltese and foreigners . Population has gone up to 42k from 28k in 11 years
This abnormally high figure is due to an organised covert plan to shift Maltese people with social problems to Gozo. There are at least two reasons why this is happenning. The top reason is to fill up empty apartments so that the richest are kept happy. I will leave you guessing the second reason but I am pretty sure that someone will be reading this and will say “Oh cr*p, we got caught”. Gozitans are not sheep. They know exactly what is happenning.
To add insult to injury, Gozo used to account for around 2% of the country’s VAT revenue.
Apart from better microinvest schemes, preferable duty rates on property and a subsidised Gozo channel.
When was the last court case of a Gozitan businessman caught not giving receipts?