City promises: More speed with housing benefit.. As of: March 7, 2024, 4:43 p.m By: Andreas Daschner CommentsPressSplit Causes a headache: Many Munich residents are urgently waiting for the housing benefit they have applied for.

At the end of February 2024, around 17,500 applications were open or were being processed. Despite the simplified application, the processing time will only be reduced over the course of the year as there is still a high volume of applications, according to the city.