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Housing benefit increase application
Service Description
If you are currently receiving housing benefit, you can apply for higher housing benefit as a subsidy towards your housing costs if
- your total income has decreased,
- the number of household members to be taken into account has increased or
- your rent or housing costs have increased.
These changes can, but do not necessarily have to, lead to an increase in housing benefit.
Process flow
To receive higher housing benefit, you must apply for an increase at the housing benefit office responsible for your area.
Once the application has been processed, you will receive a notification from there.
Who should I contact?
Contact the housing benefit authority responsible for you.
Competent authority
The authorities responsible for granting and reclaiming housing benefit are
- the administrative districts and independent towns,
- the district municipalities of Ilmenau, Rudolstadt and Saalfeld.
Requirements
Prerequisites for an increase in housing benefit:
- a reduction in total income of more than 10%,
- an increase in the number of household members to be taken into account,
- an increase of more than 10% in the rent or charges to be taken into account less the amounts for relief on heating costs.
Which documents are required?
In addition to the application form to be completed (application for an increase), you must also submit further documents as proof (of the changes that have occurred). Further documents may include in particular
- Proof of income (salary certificate, pension statement, etc.),
- Documents relating to the rent increase,
- Documents on the encumbrance of the residential property you use, if you are its owner.
- Proof of changes to the household members to be taken into account.
Please refer to the application form or the information provided by your local housing benefit office to find out which documents you need to submit in your specific case.
What are the fees?
There are no fees.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The increase takes effect from the month in which the application is submitted. A retroactive increase in housing benefit is generally not possible.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
After you have applied for an increase in housing benefit, you will receive a decision from your housing benefit authority. If you feel that your rights have been infringed by this decision, you can lodge an appeal against it.
If you intend to lodge an appeal against the decision of the housing benefit authority, you must do so within one month of being notified of the decision.
The same applies if you wish to appeal against the decision.
You will find all the necessary information in the information on legal remedies at the end of the notice.
Appeal
You can obtain the necessary forms from the Form Service Thuringia under the heading Housing Benefit:
Alternatively, you can also obtain the forms from your housing benefit authority.
The federal, state and local authorities are currently working on making all essential administrative procedures digital.
Please check the website of your local housing benefit authority, for example, to see whether it already offers electronic applications for your housing benefit matter. housing benefit matter.
What else should I know?
If your financial situation or living circumstances have improved or changed, this may also lead to a reduction in housing benefit. You are obliged to inform the housing benefit authority immediately of any changes that could lead to a reduction in housing benefit.
In order to avoid or uncover unlawful claims for housing benefit, the housing benefit authority may regularly check the household members by means of a so-called data comparison (for example with the registration authorities or the German Pension Insurance).
Further information is available from the Federal Ministry responsible for housing benefit:
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
26.06.2024
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung - Wohngeld, BAföG, BerRehaG
Address
99084 Erfurt
