能登地震、被災者支援１１６７億円　予備費から３回目の支出決定―政府

　政府は１日の閣議で、能登半島地震の被災者を支援するため、２０２３年度予算の予備費から１１６７億円の追加支出を決定した。住宅の再建に向けた新たな交付金などの財源に充てる。能登地震に対応した予備費の支出決定は３回目で、合計は２７００億円を超える。
　公共施設の復旧などに９２８億円、仮設住宅の供与などに１５８億円、住宅再建に向けた新たな交付金制度に６１億円を充てる。この交付金は、高齢者や障害者だけではなく、現役世代の住民税非課税世帯なども対象となる。現行の被災者生活再建支援制度と合わせ、最大６００万円が支給される。（2024/03/01-11:17）

The Japanese government said Friday that it will spend some 116 billion yen out of its fiscal 2023 reserve funds to support people affected by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on New Year's Day.
   The money will be used to finance an expanded subsidy program for the reconstruction of quake-damaged houses.
   It is the third time that the government has decided to tap its reserve funds for relief to the quake. The total expenditure will top 270 billion yen after the third tranche.
   During a trip to areas hit by the quake on Saturday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government will expand its housing subsidy program to cover not only elderly or disabled people but also low-income households headed by working generations.