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Apply for a housing entitlement certificate
Service Description
If you would like to move into a social housing apartment, you first need a Wohnberechtigungsschein.
This entitles you to move into a social housing apartment, but the Wohnberechtigungsschein does not assign you an apartment.
A social housing apartment is an apartment that has been subsidized with state funds (in the case of new construction or its modernization).
To obtain a Wohnberechtigungsschein, you must submit an application. During the subsequent application processing, your information will be checked. If you meet the requirements, you will receive a certificate of entitlement to housing. You can read about the requirements in Section 19 of the Thuringian Housing Promotion Act.
The Wohnberechtigungsschein is issued for one year. If you are not able to rent a social housing within this one year, you have to apply again for a Wohnberechtigungsschein.
Only the Wohnberechtigungsscheine issued in Thuringia are valid for occupancy of a social housing apartment in Thuringia.
If you have received a Wohnberechtigungsschein, please present it to the respective landlord at the latest when concluding the rental contract.
Process flow
The application for a housing entitlement certificate must be completed in full and submitted by the applicant with all documents to the relevant competent office.
The responsible offices are the districts, independent cities and the cities of Gotha, Ilmenau, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld and Sondershausen.
The responsible office processes the application. If not all the required documents are available, the applicant will be asked to submit them later. If the application is found to meet the requirements of § 19 ThürWoFG, a certificate of entitlement to housing will be issued.
In the event that the application is rejected, the applicant may file a complaint with the competent administrative court.
At the latest when the rental contract is concluded, the apartment seeker must hand over his housing entitlement certificate to the landlord concerned. The landlord shall report to the competent authority if he has transferred a social housing unit to a housing seeker and shall submit the housing entitlement certificate including a transfer notification to the competent authority.
Who should I contact?
Competent authority
the counties, independent cities and towns of Gotha, Ilmenau, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld and Sondershausen.
Requirements
- residence in Germany is not only temporary,
- the apartment is the center of living relations for at least one year (from the date of application),
- the relevant income limits must not be exceeded,
- there must be only one residence
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport,
- Marriage certificate (young married couples only),
- Proof of income (e.g. salary certificate, short-time allowance, pensions, alimony/support advance),
- birth certificate(s), if applicable,
- Disability certificate,
- Proof of pregnancy (e.g. maternity passport),
- medical certificates, expert opinions, etc,
- School certificate from the age of 16,
- certificate of enrollment,
- if necessary, written consent of the legal representative
What are the fees?
The issuance of the Wohnberechtigungsschein is subject to a fee.
The amount of the fee is based on the Thuringian Administrative Costs Ordinance for the business area of the TMIL. Currently, the fee per certificate is between € 10 and € 25.
Method of payment: bank transfer.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Legal basis
- Section 19 Thuringian Housing Promotion Act (ThürWoFG)
- Administrative Regulation on the Execution of the Binding of Subsidized Housing (ThürWoFG)
Applications / forms
If your application for a housing entitlement certificate is rejected, you can file a complaint with the relevant administrative court.
Appeal
You can get the housing entitlement certificate at the district office, in the independent towns and the cities of Gotha, Ilmenau, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld, Sondershausen.
What else should I know?
Further information is available on the website of the Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture and from the Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB):
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture
Housing Construction/Housing Promotion Division
Professionally released on
29.01.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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