Applying for housing benefit for the first time or for a new application

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

You submit the application no later than the last day of the month from which you wish to apply for housing allowance. As a rule, you will receive the housing allowance from the first of the month in which your application was submitted to the housing allowance office.

How long does it take to process

A decision on the application will be made immediately. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of your information and the submission of the evidence required for processing the application.

Longer processing times are not at your expense: the entitlement to housing allowance is checked from the month in which the application is submitted. If you are already entitled to housing benefit, you will not lose any housing benefit.

What are the costs?

None