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Request housing allowance increase
Service Description
You can submit a new application for a higher housing allowance as a subsidy for your housing costs while you are still receiving housing allowance if
- your total income has decreased
- the number of household members to be considered has increased, or
- your rent or homeownership burden has increased.
These changes may, but do not necessarily, result in an increase in your housing allowance.
The increase in housing allowance is effective from the date of application. As a rule, a retroactive increase of the housing allowance is not possible.
Process flow
You can only receive a higher housing allowance if you apply for an increase.
You must submit the application for an increase to the local housing allowance office. Once the application has been processed, the housing allowance authority will issue a decision.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the responsible housing subsidy authority. This is the district administration, in large cities belonging to a district or independent cities the city administration.
Requirements
Prerequisites for an increase in the housing allowance are:
- the reduction of income by more than 15%,
- the increase in the number of household members,
- the increase of rent or burden in case of home ownership by more than 15%.
These changes may, but do not have to, lead to an increase in the housing allowance.
Which documents are required?
You must attach the following documents to your application for an increase in housing allowance:
- Proof of income (salary statement, pension statement, etc.),
- Rental contract or documents about the costs of the residential property you use, if you are its owner.
Proof of the change that has occurred.
What are the fees?
There are no fees to pay.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The housing allowance is increased from the date of application. As a rule, a retroactive increase of the housing allowance is not possible.
Legal basis
Appeal
You can obtain the application form with attachment from the responsible housing subsidy office.
What else should I know?
If your financial situation or your living circumstances have improved or changed, this may also result in a reduction of the housing allowance. You are obliged to notify the housing benefit authority immediately of any changes that may lead to a reduction in housing benefit.
In order to avoid or detect the unlawful claiming of housing allowance, the housing allowance authority may regularly check the household members by means of a so-called data comparison.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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