diff --git a/app/models/budget.rb b/app/models/budget.rb
index 7fee2eee2..425750956 100644
--- a/app/models/budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class Budget < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   scope :current,   -> { where.not(phase: "finished") }
 
+  def description
+    self.send("description_#{self.phase}").try(:html_safe)
+  end
+
   def accepting?
     phase == "accepting"
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161230174744_change_budget_description.rb b/db/migrate/20161230174744_change_budget_description.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80de9dcf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161230174744_change_budget_description.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class ChangeBudgetDescription < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :budgets, :description, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_accepting, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_reviewing, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_selecting, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_valuating, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_balloting, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_reviewing_ballots, :text
+    add_column :budgets, :description_finished, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index cc646e6e1..2bd9bfa1f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161230172816) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161230174744) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -160,12 +160,18 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161230172816) do
   add_index "budget_valuator_assignments", ["investment_id"], name: "index_budget_valuator_assignments_on_investment_id", using: :btree
 
   create_table "budgets", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string   "name",            limit: 30
-    t.text     "description"
-    t.string   "currency_symbol", limit: 10
-    t.string   "phase",           limit: 15, default: "on_hold"
-    t.datetime "created_at",                                     null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",                                     null: false
+    t.string   "name",                          limit: 30
+    t.string   "currency_symbol",               limit: 10
+    t.string   "phase",                         limit: 15, default: "on_hold"
+    t.datetime "created_at",                                                   null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",                                                   null: false
+    t.text     "description_accepting"
+    t.text     "description_reviewing"
+    t.text     "description_selecting"
+    t.text     "description_valuating"
+    t.text     "description_balloting"
+    t.text     "description_reviewing_ballots"
+    t.text     "description_finished"
   end
 
   create_table "campaigns", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 1ee6f6046..e058adf15 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     sequence(:name) { |n| "Budget #{n}" }
     currency_symbol "€"
     phase 'accepting'
+    description_accepting "This budget is accepting"
+    description_reviewing "This budget is reviewing"
+    description_selecting "This budget is selecting"
+    description_valuating "This budget is valuating"
+    description_balloting "This budget is balloting"
+    description_reviewing_ballots "This budget is reviewing ballots"
+    description_finished "This budget is finished"
 
     trait :accepting do
       phase 'accepting'
diff --git a/spec/models/budget_spec.rb b/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
index 667af1344..04ebc419e 100644
--- a/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 describe Budget do
+
+  describe "description" do
+    it "changes depending on the phase" do
+      budget = create(:budget)
+
+      Budget::VALID_PHASES.each do |phase|
+        budget.phase = phase
+        expect(budget.description).to eq(budget.send("description_#{phase}"))
+        expect(budget.description).to be_html_safe
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "phase" do
     let(:budget) { create(:budget) }