{"id":4552,"date":"2026-03-13T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vooruit.comingsoon.site\/?post_type=nieuws&#038;p=4552"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:55:37","slug":"anderlecht-balances-budget","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/vooruit.brussels\/en\/news\/anderlecht-balances-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderlecht balances budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As Brussels' second-largest municipality and one of the most deprived in all of Belgium, Anderlecht faces enormous challenges. Safety, social cohesion, cleanliness \u2013 all with very limited resources. Nevertheless, the municipality manages to keep its budget balanced without increasing the burden on Anderlecht residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How? <\/strong>By making responsible choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The municipality is keeping its operating costs under control, investing in more efficient administrations, and increasing revenue by taking a firmer stance against illegal practices \u2014 without affecting personal income tax or property tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or as the Councillor for Finance\u00a0<em>Bieke Comer\u00a0<\/em>it states: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">\u201cBalancing the budget without cutting local services is quite a feat. We need to be smart about our spending and increase our income thoughtfully. Every euro we spend must be spent wisely.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, investments remain stable: \u20ac1.2 million for the renovation of municipal roads, \u20ac850,000 for footpaths, and additional funds for education, youth, seniors, and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this budget, the municipality is moving forward and choosing good governance. For every resident of Anderlecht.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4553,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-4552","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anderlecht stelt begroting in evenwicht voor - Vooruit.brussels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vooruit.brussels\/en\/news\/anderlecht-balances-budget\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anderlecht stelt begroting in evenwicht voor - Vooruit.brussels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Als tweede grootste gemeente van Brussel \u00e9n een van de meest kansarme van heel Belgi\u00eb, staat Anderlecht voor gigantische uitdagingen. 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