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If you are already receiving housing benefit and your income situation has not improved significantly, you can apply for continued benefit.

Housing benefit is intended to enable you to live appropriately and in a family-friendly manner. You can apply within one month of the end of the approval period at the latest to continue receiving housing benefit as a

• rent subsidy or as
• encumbrance allowance for owners of their own home or condominium.

The continued payment of housing benefit is usually approved for another 12 months. If your income remains the same, the approval period can be up to 24 months.

• Apply for continued payment of housing benefit either using the appropriate form from your competent authority or informally by e-mail, fax or telephone

Depending on your situation, you may need to submit proof of your housing costs or the burden. This may include, for example

• Proof of transfer payments, for example:
  • Assistance with living expenses
  • social benefit
  • Basic income support in old age
  • Basic income support for reduced earning capacity
  • Benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
• certificate of earnings
• increased income-related expenses, which you can prove with the tax assessment notice
• current notifications, for example about
  • pension payments
  • Unemployment benefit I
  • short-time allowance
  • transitional allowance
• Proof of sickness benefit or other wage replacement benefits,
• for self-employed persons: last tax assessment

You should state the income of all household members The housing benefit office will then check which of the income can be taken into account. You may need to attach further evidence, for example

• Certificate of enrollment from students
• BAföG notification
• Declaration of monthly allowances from parents during your studies
• Proof of health insurance
• Proof of pension or life insurance
• Attachment to the application for housing benefit for expenses to fulfill statutory maintenance obligations
• Certificate of severe disability and, if applicable, proof of care allowance payments
• Proof of residence status and duration of residence for foreign nationals from third countries
• EU residence permit and registration with the registration authorities for EU citizens

To apply for a rent subsidy, you will also need the completed

• Landlord certificate form, which is usually provided by the housing benefit authorities

To apply for a rent subsidy, you will also need the following documents:

• Proof of ownership
• extract from the land register
• Purchase contract
• Form for determining the debt service charge
• Proof of the burden from the construction financing, for example
  • borrowed funds certificate
  • last proof of payment
  • Interest and amortization schedule, if applicable
• Proof of the amount of the purchase price or the construction or modernization costs
• Property tax assessment notice or proof of the amount of ground rent
• Proof of rental income, if applicable
• Calculation of living space
• If applicable, notification of the building subsidy

Your income situation has not improved significantly since the initial application.

There are no costs.

• You submit your application for continued benefits in writing using the form provided or with the help of the online service. You can send the form by post to the housing benefit office responsible for you or hand it in in person.
• The authority will check your application for continued benefits and send you a decision.
• In the event of continued approval, housing benefit is generally granted for a further 12 months and can be granted for up to 24 months if your income remains relatively constant.

The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of your information and the submission of the evidence required for processing the application.

Any longer processing times are not at your expense: the entitlement to housing benefit is checked from the day the application is submitted. If you are still entitled to housing benefit, you will not lose any housing benefit.

As a rule, housing benefit is paid to you from the first of the month following the end of the previous approval period. To do this, you must submit an application for continued benefits to the housing benefit office within one month of the end of the approval period at the latest.

You are obliged to provide all information truthfully. The housing benefit authority is entitled to check your details by comparing your data. The verification of your details is permitted up to 10 years after receipt of the housing benefit notice.

• Appeal
• You will find further information on how to lodge an objection in the notification of your application for housing benefit

• Housing benefit is a subsidy towards housing costs
• Initial application is usually approved for 12 months and can be approved for up to 24 months if income remains constant
• Housing benefit will continue to be granted if an application for continued benefit is submitted within one month of the end of the grant period and the conditions for granting the benefit are still met
• can continue to be granted as a rent subsidy or, in the case of residential property, as an encumbrance allowance
• Prerequisite: Housing is used by the tenant and the rent or charges are paid by the tenant
• Application in writing or online
• Responsible: competent housing benefit authority