Apply for continued housing benefit

• You submit your application for continued benefits in writing using the form provided or by using 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 income remains comparatively constant.

Housing benefit authority

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

• Application 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 provide evidence of housing costs or charges. This may include, for example

• Proof of transfer payments, for example:
  • Assistance with living expenses
  • Social benefit
  • Basic security in old age
  • Basic income support in the event of reduced earning capacity
  • Benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
• Certificate of earnings
• increased income-related expenses, which you can prove with your tax assessment notice
• current notifications, for example about:
  • Pension benefits
  • Unemployment benefit I
  • Short-time working allowance
  • Transitional allowance
• Proof of sick pay 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 is eligible. You may need to attach further evidence, for example:

• Certificate of enrolment from students
• BAföG notice
• Declaration of monthly allowances from parents during studies
• Proof of health insurance
• Proof of pension or life insurance
• Appendix to the application for housing benefit for expenses to fulfil 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 to you by the housing benefit authorities

You will also need the following documents to apply for a housing allowance:

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

• § Section 26 Social Security Code (SGB) First Book (I) - General Section
• § Section 1 Housing Benefit Act (WoGG)
• § Section 25 (1) sentence 2 Housing Benefit Act (WoGG)
• Housing Benefit Ordinance (WoGV)
• General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Housing Benefit Act (Housing Benefit Administrative Regulation - WoGVwV)

• Contradiction
• Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application for housing benefit

You are obliged to provide all information truthfully. The housing benefit authority is authorised 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.

• Information on housing benefit on the website of the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB)
• The Housing Benefit Plus calculator on the website of the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB)

• 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 expiry of the period of authorisation 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: the property is used by the owner and the rent or charges are paid by the owner
• Application in writing or online
• Responsible: competent housing benefit authority

• Apply for housing benefit in Saxony-Anhalt

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