Submit an application for an increase in housing benefit

Housing benefit (rent subsidy, encumbrance allowance):
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Housing benefit is granted as a rent subsidy for the tenant of an apartment and as an encumbrance allowance for the owner of a home or condominium.

Whether housing benefit can be granted depends on various factors:

• The number of family members belonging to your household,
• the amount of your total income
• the amount of eligible rent or charges
• etc.

You can only receive housing benefit if you actually pay the rent and actually use the property. Proof of this must be provided.

Householdsare not entitled to housing benefit if they consist exclusively of people who are training or studying in accordance with the Federal Training Assistance Act or the Social Security Code (SGB III) and are therefore entitled to BAB (vocational training allowance) or BaföG.

Application:

Housing benefit for tenants of residential property

Housing benefit is available as a rent subsidy for people who are tenants of an apartment.

Online application for initial rent subsidy (initial application)

Housing benefit is generally granted for twelve months. Two months before the end of the approval period, you should submit an application for continued benefit (extension). The conditions for your entitlement will then be checked again.

Online application for continued rent subsidy (extension)
Online application: Rent subsidy increase

Housing benefit for owners of residential property

Owners of owner-occupied housing are entitled to a subsidy towards the costs.

Online application for encumbrance allowance (initial application)

The following also applies here: Housing benefit is generally granted for twelve months. Two months before the end of the approval period, you should submit an application for continued benefit (extension). The conditions for your entitlement will then be checked again.

Online application for continued benefit (extension)
Online application: increased benefit

Alternatively, the application forms can be collected from the gate at the town hall.

Written applications can be sent

• by post,
• by dropping them in the letterbox at the town hall with the note "Wohngeldstelle" or
• sent as a scan by e-mail to wohngeld@worms.de.

Negative certificate

On request (in writing or by telephone), housing benefit negative certificates can be issued.

Here you will find information, online applications and other forms for applying for housing benefit for the first time.
Housing benefit is intended to enable you to live appropriately and in a way that is suitable for your family.
You can receive housing benefit

• as a tenant (so-called rent subsidy) or
• as an owner for owner-occupied housing (so-called encumbrance allowance)

Note: When the term "housing benefit" is used here, this refers to both the rent allowance and the encumbrance allowance.
You can only receive housing benefit if you submit an application and prove that you meet the requirements. Whether housing benefit can be granted depends on various factors, in particular

• Number of household members
• Amount of total income
• Amount of eligible rent or charges

Households are not eligible for housing benefit if they consist exclusively of people who are training or studying within the meaning of the Federal Training Assistance Act or the Social Code (SGB III) and are therefore entitled to BAB (vocational training allowance) or Bafög.
Housing benefit is paid from the 1st of the month in which the application is submitted. As a rule, housing benefit is granted for 12 months.