In order to relieve people with low incomes, the benefit was increased by an average of 190 euros per month.
Many want to know when the new housing benefit will reach them.
Households that do not receive social benefits but still have little money can apply for housing benefit.
This applies to both tenants and owners of apartments and houses who use their own home.
The state subsidy has been increased by an average of 190 euros per month since January 2023.
This means that eligible households receive an average of around 370 euros per month.
The number of housing benefit recipients has also been increasing since this year – up to 1.4 million households should be added to the previous 600,000, it said.
Housing benefit of around 370 euros per month is also paid out retrospectively
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Many housing benefit applications are currently being received by the authorities.
On average, households should receive 370 euros.
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If the application for housing benefit cannot be processed in time, the subsidy will be paid out retrospectively to the beneficiaries.
The news portal
ntv.de
reported this with a view to the "flood of applications" for state support, which is currently pushing many city administrations to their limits.
In view of the flood of applications for housing benefit, Minister of Construction Klara Geywitz called on the citizens concerned to be patient, according to the report.
"Distributing four billion is of course a huge task," said the SPD politician to ARD.
"Anyone who applies for housing benefit in January and gets it approved, whether it's in February or early March, will also get the money retrospectively from January."
Who is entitled to the new housing allowance?
There is no easy-to-remember income threshold for when you are entitled to housing benefit.
However, the official housing benefit calculator 2023 can be used for initial orientation.
Important are the monthly total income and the monthly gross rent as well as the number of household members.
However, as ntv.de
explains, only the competent housing benefit authority
can provide legally binding information on a possible entitlement to housing benefit.
“Anyone who is interested can obtain application forms for housing benefit from the local housing benefit authority of the municipal, city, office or district administration.
You can also get comprehensive advice there.”
Not only tenants can apply for housing benefit
Not only tenants can apply for housing benefit, but also owners who use their apartment themselves, as the portal
swp.de
also described.
"They could get the housing subsidy if they couldn't bear running costs because their income was too low," says the report as a possible example.
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Child benefit of 250 euros for each child per month
Numerous families are also to be relieved financially this year: child benefit has been increased to a uniform 250 euros per month for each child.
There is also an innovation in the so-called midi jobs: employees in this group may in future earn 2,000 euros instead of 1,600 euros.
Citizens' allowance, housing benefit, pension and child benefit - find out more information about the most important changes here.
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