The measure aims to support young families and address, at least at this municipality level, Greece’s demographic challenge by encouraging births, according to a city announcement.

The benefit will apply to every new child born into an eligible family, not just the firstborn. Funding will come from the municipality’s own resources, with the necessary expenditure incorporated into its 2027 budget.

Lagoudakos said the municipality, within greater Piraeus’ industrial zone, had secured the funds needed to implement the scheme. He noted that legislation now allows municipalities to provide financial assistance for newborns, but that the provision was not accompanied by corresponding state funding.

“Central government established the possibility for municipalities to provide subsidies for new births without accompanying the measure with the necessary funding,” Lagoudakos said, adding that Perama had earmarked 1,000 euros for each birth in its 2027 budget.

The municipal authority also highlighted a gap between the number of people living in Perama and the number officially registered as residents. Citing the latest census, it said that of the municipality’s approximately 50,000 permanent residents, only 26,000 are registered there.