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{{process
 
{{process
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|process_application_description=Application for the grant of the housing news
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|process_official_title=Housing benefit
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|process_application_note=The applicant shall submit the application either directly by electronic means or via the relevant departments of the Municipalities or Centres of the Community.
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|process_description=The procedure refers to the application for housing benefit, a welfare rent subsidy scheme for households renting their primary residence.
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|process_application_owner=Persons
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|process_org_owner_is_private=No
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|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_org_owner=80136
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|process_application_type=Application
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|process_provision_org_owner_directory=445422
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|process_cost_max=0
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|process_provision_org_group=4829, 1461
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|process_cost_min=0
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|process_provision_org=58558
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|process_description=The procedure concerns an application for the grant of the housing allowance, a discounted rental subsidy scheme for households renting their principal residence.
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|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P1D
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|process_estimated_implementation_time=1
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|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification with TAXISnet codes
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|process_estimated_implementation_time_type=Days
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|process_type=Outgoing
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|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=0
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|process_trigger=Applied for
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|process_trigger_type=Application (digital)
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|process_usage=Digital supporting Document
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|process_output_type=Administrative Act
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|process_validity_duration_set=Defined
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|process_validity_duration=P6M
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|process_provided_to=Citizens
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|process_life_events=Benefits
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|process_sdg_resource=Administrative appeal
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|process_sdg_lack_of_response_rule=Tacit rejection
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|process_total_duration_steps_min=120
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|process_total_duration_steps_max=960
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|process_total_duration_steps_digital_min=0
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|process_total_duration_steps_digital_max=0
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|process_cost_min=0.00
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|process_cost_max=0.00
 
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
 
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
 
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
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|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification with TAXISnet codes
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|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=0
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|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=0
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|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=2
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|process_evidence_total_number=4
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|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
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|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
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|process_application_type=Application
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|process_evidence_total_number=0
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|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_application_owner=Persons
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|process_application_description=Application for granting a housing benefit
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|process_application_note=The applicant submits the application either directly online or through the competent services of the municipalities or community centres. If required, the applicant submits supporting documents to substantiate the criteria and conditions for inclusion in the programme, to the competent services of the municipality or the community centre, as appropriate.
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|process_uuid=86267fd7-32dc-4ca5-8346-84fb371be63e
 
|process_id=039540
 
|process_id=039540
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|process_life_events=Benefits
 
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|process_official_title=Housing allowance
 
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|process_org_owner=Φορέας:MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
 
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|process_org_owner_is_private=No
 
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|process_output_type=Administrative Act
 
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|process_provided_to=Citizens
 
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|process_provision_org=ORGANISATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY (OPEKA)
 
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|process_provision_org_group=Municipalities, ΚΕΚ
 
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|process_provision_org_owner_directory=ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΛΕΜΗΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΦΤΩΧΕΙΑΣ
 
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|process_sdg_lack_of_response_rule=Tacit rejection
 
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|process_sdg_resource=Administrative appeal
 
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|process_source=Framers, gov.gr
 
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|process_tax_type=
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_digital_max=1
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_digital_min=1
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_digital_type=Seconds
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_max=1
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_min=1
 
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|process_total_duration_steps_type=Seconds
 
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|process_trigger=Applied for
 
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|process_trigger_type=Application (digital)
 
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|process_type=Outgoing
 
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|process_usage=Digital supporting Document
 
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|process_uuid=86267fd7-32dc-4ca5-8346-84fb371be63e
 
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|process_validity_duration_type=6 months
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_num_id=1
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
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|process_conditions_name=(a) Households should be valid for the entire benefit period; and (b) The electricity supply contract for the rented dwelling should be in the name of the applicant or member of the household.
 
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|process_conditions_num_id=1
 
 
|process_conditions_type=Ownership
 
|process_conditions_type=Ownership
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|process_conditions_name=a) Households must reside in a primary rented property and have submitted the declaration and acceptance of the electronic lease contract as required by the relevant law provisions. The lease must be valid for the whole of
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the period during which the allowance was granted.
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b) The electricity supply contract for the rented property must be in the name of the applicant or a member of the household.
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_num_id=2
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
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|process_conditions_name=The total income may not exceed EUR 7,000 for a single representative household, increasing by EUR 3,500 for each additional member of the household. An additional increase of EUR 3,500 is set for the first minor of the household. The household with an unprotected child/child is defined as an additional increase of EUR 3,500 for each unprotected child. The total income may not exceed EUR 21,000 per year, irrespective of the composition of the household.
 
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|process_conditions_num_id=2
 
 
|process_conditions_type=Income
 
|process_conditions_type=Income
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|process_conditions_name=The total income must not exceed EUR 7 000 for a single-person household, increased by EUR 3 500 for each additional household member. For single-parent families, an additional supplement of EUR 3 500 is set for the first minor member of the household. For a household with an unprotected child/children, an additional supplement of EUR 3 500 is set for each unprotected child.
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The total income must not exceed EUR 21 000 per year, regardless of the composition of the household.
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_num_id=3
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
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|process_conditions_name=1) Real estate: The total taxable value of the real estate of the household may not exceed EUR 120,000 for the one-stop shop, increased by EUR 15 000 for each additional member and up to EUR 180,000. 2) Assets: The total amount of the deposits of the household members in Greece or abroad as declared in the last cleared statement of income tax (E1) may not exceed annually the amount resulting from the following mathematical formula: Annual interest rate = deposit limit for each household type * annual deposit rate /100. The deposit limits for each additional household type of household are the following (including deposits, shares, bonds, bonds etc.), cannot exceed EUR 7000 for a single household, increased by EUR 3,500 for each additional member of the household.
 
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|process_conditions_num_id=3
 
 
|process_conditions_type=Financial
 
|process_conditions_type=Financial
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|process_conditions_name=1) Real estate: the total taxable value of the households real estate must not exceed EUR 120 000 for a single-person household, increased by EUR 15 000 for each additional member and up to EUR 180 000.
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2) Asset presumption: the total amount of interest earned on deposits of household members in Greece or abroad, as declared in the last cleared income tax return (E1), must not exceed per year the amount resulting from the following formula:
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Annual interest = deposit limit for each type of household * average annual deposit rate /100.
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The deposit limits for each type of household are as follows (including deposits, shares, bonds, etc.), not exceeding EUR 7 000 for a single person household, plus EUR 3 500 for each additional household member. For single-parent families, an increase of EUR 7 000 is set for the first minor member of the household. For households with unprotected children, an increase of EUR 7 000 is set for each unprotected child.
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_num_id=4
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
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|process_conditions_name=The beneficiary of the allowance must reside legally and permanently in the Greek territory during the last 5 years prior to the submission of the application, as evidenced by the submission of declarations of income tax for those years or by any other relevant supporting documents and provided that the declarations of income tax have been submitted during the year in which the deadline for submission was fixed; citizens of third countries, with the exception of citizens of the EU Member States, must reside legally and permanently in Greece for the last 12 years before the application was made; the remaining members of the household must also reside legally and permanently on the Greek territory.
 
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|process_conditions_num_id=4
 
 
|process_conditions_type=Establishment
 
|process_conditions_type=Establishment
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|process_conditions_name=The beneficiary of the benefit must have been legally and permanently residing in Greece for 5 years prior to the submission of the application, as evidenced by the submission of income tax returns for these years or any other appropriate documentary evidence and provided that the income tax returns have been submitted during the year in which the deadline for their submission was set. Third-country citizens, with the exception of expatriates and citizens of EU Member States, must have been legally and permanently residing in Greece for 12 years prior to the submission of the application.
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The other members of the household must also legally and permanently reside in Greece.
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The other members of the household must also legally and permanently reside in Greece.
 
}}
 
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{{process provision digital locations
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{{process evidences
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|process_provision_digital_location_title=EFFECTS OF EFFECTS
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|process_evidence_num_id=1
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|process_provision_digital_location_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ugeia-kai-pronoia/epidomata/epidoma-stegases
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|process_evidence_type=9429
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_owner=Persons
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|process_evidence_description=Income tax return
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|process_evidence_note=The verification of the residence criterion requires timely submission of income tax returns or any other appropriate supporting documents.
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}}
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_num_id=2
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|process_evidence_type=8412
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
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|process_evidence_prerequisite=Educational
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_owner=Persons
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|process_evidence_description=Certificate of attendance from the Director or the Head of the school unit.
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|process_evidence_note=If enrolment and adequate attendance cannot beconfirmed electronically through the interoperability of the information systems of the Housing Benefit and the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, a certificate from the Director or the Head of the school unit is required.
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}}
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_num_id=3
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|process_evidence_type=8972
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant, Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_owner=Persons
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|process_evidence_description=Electronic lease contract
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}}
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_num_id=4
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|process_evidence_type=3465
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
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|process_evidence_prerequisite=Administrative
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_description=Residence permit
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|process_evidence_note=Specifically for cases where the applicant or an adult member of the household is a foreign national and the residence criterion cannot be verified electronically by Government Gazette 59962, Series II, No. 4500/29.09.2021 interoperability of the relevant information systems, its verification requires the presentation of a valid residence permit or a certificate of submission of an application for renewal. Substantiation of five or twelve years of residence requires the presentation of residence permits covering the period in question.
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}}
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_num_id=5
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|process_evidence_type=9703
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_description=Supporting document for change in household composition
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|process_evidence_note=If the composition of the household in the month of submission of the application is different from the one shown by the results of the electronic cross-checks, the submission of any documentary evidence supporting the change (e.g. birth certificate, copy of death certificate, etc.) is required.
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}}
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_num_id=6
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|process_evidence_type=8166
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
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|process_evidence_alternative=No
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
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|process_evidence_owner=Persons
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|process_evidence_description=Bank Account Number (IBAN)
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|process_evidence_note=A valid and active bank account number (IBAN),of which the applicant is the sole beneficiary or a co-beneficiary, is necessary.
 
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{{process rules
 
{{process rules
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|process_rule_article=3
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|process_rule_type=Law
 
|process_rule_decision_number=4472
 
|process_rule_decision_number=4472
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2017
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2017
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|process_rule_description=Establishment of a Housing Benefit
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|process_rule_article=3
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|process_rule_description=Introduction of a housing benefit
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|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=74
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
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|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=74
 
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|process_rule_type=Law
 
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20170100074
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20170100074
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process rules
 
{{process rules
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|process_rule_type=Ministerial Decision
 
|process_rule_decision_number=71670/29-9-2021
 
|process_rule_decision_number=71670/29-9-2021
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2021
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2021
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|process_rule_description=Replacement of items D13 et R. 10747/256/6.3.2019 Joint Ministerial Decision ‘Definition of terms and conditions for the implementation of a Housing Benefit Scheme’ (B’ 792), as amended by Articles 17 and 18 of Law 4659/2020.
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|process_rule_description=Replacement of Joint Ministerial Decision ref. D13 oik. 10747/256/6.3.2019 ‘Determination of the terms and conditions for the implementation of the Housing Benefit Programme’ (Government Gazette, Series II, No 792), as amended by Articles 17 and 18 of Law 4659/2020.
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|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=4500
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
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|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=4500
 
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|process_rule_type=Ministerial Decision
 
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20210204500
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20210204500
 
}}
 
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=No
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|process_step_num_id=1
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|process_step_digital_exit=No
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_num_id=1
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|process_step_child=No
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|process_step_digital_title=Initiation of proceedings
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|process_step_title=Initiating the procedure
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}}
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{{process steps
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|process_step_num_id=2
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_child=Yes
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=1
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|process_step_previous_child=1
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|process_step_title=Submission of the online application in person
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|process_step_description=The application is submitted through the competent services of the municipalities or the community centres of the place of residence, obligatorily by the person in whose name the lease of the primary residence has been concluded and, if an income tax return has been submitted, by all adult members of the household. In the case of a household consisting of guest members, the application is submitted exclusively by the person liable or the spouse of the person liable to file an income tax return of the guest unit, for all the members of the household. If the final submission of the application does not take place within the same month, the application is considered as not submitted and is automatically ‘withdrawn’ due to the expiry of the reference month.
 
}}
 
}}
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=Yes
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|process_step_num_id=3
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|process_step_digital_co_org=ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY S.A.
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_description=The application shall be submitted through the relevant services of the Municipalities or Centres of the Community of the place of residence, required by the person in whose name the principal residence lease has been concluded and, if a declaration of income tax has been submitted by all the adult members of the household; in the case of a household made up and of guest members, the request shall be made exclusively by the person(s) responsible for submitting an income tax declaration of the host unit for all the members of the household; if no final submission of the application is made within the month, the application shall be deemed to be non-compulsory and shall be automatically withdrawn as a result of the expiry of the reference month.
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|process_step_child=Yes
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|process_step_digital_exit=No
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=1
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|process_step_digital_implementation=Software interaction (interoperability)
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|process_step_previous_child=1
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|process_step_digital_num_id=2
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|process_step_title=Electronic filing of the application via epidomastegasis.gr
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|process_step_digital_official=Third entity software
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|process_step_implementation=Software action
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|process_step_digital_previous_child=1
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|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
−
|process_step_digital_previous_child_selector=1
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|process_step_duration_max=PT15M
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|process_step_digital_title=Submission of the electronic application by self-personal presence
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|process_step_description=Procedure of application submission directly by the applicant: the applicant submits the application electronically through the electronic platform of the programme, which they enter using their personal credential codes of the General Secretariat for Public Administration Information Systems (G.G.P.S.D.D.) of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance (taxisnet codes). The processing of the declared data through electronic cross-checking is carried out for the purposes of Article 3 of Law No 4472/2017 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 74).
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The applicant is the person in whose name the lease of the primary residence has been concluded and, if an income tax return has been submitted, by all adult members of the household. In the case of a household consisting of guest members, the application is submitted exclusively by the person liable or the spouse of the person liable to file an income tax return of the guest unit, for all the members of the household. If the final submission of the application does not take place within the same month, the application is considered as not submitted and is automatically ‘withdrawn’ due to the expiry of the reference month.
 
}}
 
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=Yes
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|process_step_num_id=4
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|process_step_digital_co_org=ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY S.A.
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_description=Application procedure directly by the applicant: the applicant shall submit an application electronically via the electronic platform of the programme, which enters with the use of his/her personal credentials codes of the General Secretariat of Public Administration Information Systems (G.P.S.D.) of the Ministry of Digital Governance (taxisnet codes). The processing of the reported data through electronic crossing shall be done for the purposes of Article 3 of Law 4472/2017 (A.74). The applicant shall be the person in whose name the principal residence lease has been concluded and, if an income tax declaration has been submitted by all the adult members of the household. If a household that is made up and from host members, the application shall be submitted exclusively by the person(s) of the person(s) responsible for submitting an income declaration of the host unit, for all members of the household.
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|process_step_child=No
−
|process_step_digital_exit=No
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|process_step_title=Final submission of the application
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|process_step_digital_implementation=Software interaction (interoperability)
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|process_step_implementation=Software action
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|process_step_digital_num_id=3
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|process_step_duration_min=PT1M
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|process_step_digital_official=Third entity software
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|process_step_duration_max=PT1M
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|process_step_digital_previous_child=1
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|process_step_description=After completion of the application, and if there is no discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the cross-checks, the applicant submits the application definitively. If, after the final submission and processing of the application, the household meets the criteria for inclusion in the programme and the declared data match those resulting from the cross-checks, the application is accepted and automatically marked as ‘Approved’.
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|process_step_digital_previous_child_selector=1
 
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|process_step_digital_title=Electronic submission of the application via epidomastegasis.gr
 
 
}}
 
}}
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=No
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|process_step_num_id=5
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|process_step_digital_co_org=ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY S.A.
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_description=After completion of the application and in the event that no mismatch arises between the reported data and the outcome of the cross-checks, the applicant shall submit the application definitively. If after the final submission of the application, the household fulfils the criteria for placing the programme and there is a matching of the reported data with those resulting from the cross-checks, the application shall be accepted and automatically marked as ‘Authorised’.
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|process_step_child=No
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|process_step_digital_exit=No
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|process_step_title=Verification of supporting documents
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|process_step_digital_implementation=Software interaction (interoperability)
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|process_step_description=If there is a discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the digital cross-checks, the application remains pending and the applicant is obliged to submit the required supporting documents exclusively to the competent services of the municipality or the community centre of their place of residence. In this case, the option of final submission of the application via the online platform is not available.
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|process_step_digital_num_id=4
 
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|process_step_digital_official=Third entity software
 
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|process_step_digital_title=Definitive submission of the application
 
 
}}
 
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=No
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|process_step_num_id=6
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|process_step_digital_description=Where there is a discrepancy between the information declared and the outcome of the electronic cross-checks, the request shall remain pending and the applicant shall be required to provide exclusively to the competent services of the Municipality or to the Centre of the Community at its place of residence the supporting documents required.
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_exit=No
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|process_step_child=Yes
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|process_step_digital_num_id=5
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
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|process_step_digital_title=Checking of supporting documents
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|process_step_previous_child=5
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|process_step_title=Acceptance of the application
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|process_step_implementation=Software action
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|process_step_description=When the application is submitted in person, the competent employee of the municipality prints out the application with the declared data. The printed application form is signed by the applicant before final submission and kept on file by the authorised official. By signing the application, the applicant declares that they confirm the content of the application and if there is no discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the cross-checks, the application is submitted finally. After the final submission, and if the application is approved, one copy of the approval act is printed and received by the applicant.
 
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{{process steps digital
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{{process steps
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|process_step_digital_child=Yes
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|process_step_num_id=7
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|process_step_digital_co_org=ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY S.A.
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|process_step_exit=No
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|process_step_digital_description=In the submission of the application, the competent official of the municipality shall print the application with the particulars declared. The printed application shall be signed by the applicant before final submission and shall be kept in the file by the authorised official.
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|process_step_child=Yes
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|process_step_digital_exit=Yes
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
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|process_step_digital_implementation=Software interaction (interoperability)
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|process_step_previous_child=5
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|process_step_digital_num_id=6
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|process_step_title=Amendment of an approved application
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|process_step_digital_official=Third entity software
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|process_step_implementation=Software action
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|process_step_digital_previous_child=5
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|process_step_description=The approved application may be amended by the beneficiary directly, or through the competent services of the municipality or the community centre of the place of residence, throughout the duration of the programme, exclusively for the correction of contact details, home address and bank account number (IBAN).
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|process_step_digital_title=Approval of application
 
 
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|process_step_digital_co_org=ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY S.A.
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|process_step_exit=Yes
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|process_step_digital_description=If, after the final submission and processing of the application, the household does not fulfil the criteria for placing the programme, the application shall be automatically marked as ‘No Approval’. The reasons for the rejection shall be indicated on the electronic platform of the programme.
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|process_step_child=Yes
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|process_step_digital_exit=Yes
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
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|process_step_digital_num_id=7
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|process_step_previous_child=5
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|process_step_digital_official=Third entity software
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|process_step_title=Rejection of the application
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|process_step_digital_previous_child=5
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|process_step_description=If, after the final submission and processing of the application, the household does not meet the criteria for inclusion in the programme, the application is automatically marked ‘Not approved’. The reasons for rejection are indicated on the online platform of the programme.
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|process_step_digital_title=Rejection of the application
 
 
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|process_step_digital_child=Yes
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|process_step_num_id=9
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|process_step_digital_description=The approved application may be modified by the beneficiary directly, or through the competent services of the Municipality or the Centre of the Community of the place of residence, throughout the programme only for the purpose of correcting the contact details, the address of residence and the bank account number (IBAN).
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|process_step_exit=Yes
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|process_step_digital_exit=Yes
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|process_step_child=No
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|process_step_digital_num_id=8
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|process_step_title=Payment of allowance
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|process_step_digital_previous_child=5
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|process_step_implementation=Software action
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|process_step_digital_previous_child_selector=5
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|process_step_description=Payment of benefit to the beneficiary’s bank account.
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|process_step_digital_title=Amendment of an approved application
 
 
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|process_useful_link_url=https://opeka.gr/stegasi-proti-katoikia/epidoma-stegasis/
 
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Latest revision as of 20:15, 13 April 2025



74a99439-a2f3-4dd6-ae77-a259785607e5 749943 Επίδομα Στέγασης

At a glance

Points of service

Community Centers, Municipalities

Digital provision points

  • The service is not provided digitally

Number of required documents

4 to 6

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

1 day

Description

The procedure refers to the application for housing benefit, a welfare rent subsidy scheme for households renting their primary residence.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

ORGANISATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY (OPEKA)

Provided to

Citizens

Related links

Validity duration

6 months

Last update

13/04/2025

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for granting a housing benefit

Notes:

The applicant submits the application either directly online or through the competent services of the municipalities or community centres. If required, the applicant submits supporting documents to substantiate the criteria and conditions for inclusion in the programme, to the competent services of the municipality or the community centre, as appropriate.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification with TAXISnet codes

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related

        Means of redress or appeal:

        Administrative appeal

        Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:

        Tacit rejection


        Output & Results

        Output

        Administrative Act

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Official title

            Housing benefit

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Legislation

              Categories

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital)

              Life events

              Benefits

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite


            • 1 Ownership a) Households must reside in a primary rented property and have submitted the declaration and acceptance of the electronic lease contract as required by the relevant law provisions. The lease must be valid for the whole of the period during which the allowance was granted. b) The electricity supply contract for the rented property must be in the name of the applicant or a member of the household.

              No No

            • 2 Income The total income must not exceed EUR 7 000 for a single-person household, increased by EUR 3 500 for each additional household member. For single-parent families, an additional supplement of EUR 3 500 is set for the first minor member of the household. For a household with an unprotected child/children, an additional supplement of EUR 3 500 is set for each unprotected child. The total income must not exceed EUR 21 000 per year, regardless of the composition of the household.

              No No

            • 3 Financial 1) Real estate: the total taxable value of the households real estate must not exceed EUR 120 000 for a single-person household, increased by EUR 15 000 for each additional member and up to EUR 180 000. 2) Asset presumption: the total amount of interest earned on deposits of household members in Greece or abroad, as declared in the last cleared income tax return (E1), must not exceed per year the amount resulting from the following formula: Annual interest = deposit limit for each type of household * average annual deposit rate /100. The deposit limits for each type of household are as follows (including deposits, shares, bonds, etc.), not exceeding EUR 7 000 for a single person household, plus EUR 3 500 for each additional household member. For single-parent families, an increase of EUR 7 000 is set for the first minor member of the household. For households with unprotected children, an increase of EUR 7 000 is set for each unprotected child.

              No No

            • 4 Establishment The beneficiary of the benefit must have been legally and permanently residing in Greece for 5 years prior to the submission of the application, as evidenced by the submission of income tax returns for these years or any other appropriate documentary evidence and provided that the income tax returns have been submitted during the year in which the deadline for their submission was set. Third-country citizens, with the exception of expatriates and citizens of EU Member States, must have been legally and permanently residing in Greece for 12 years prior to the submission of the application. The other members of the household must also legally and permanently reside in Greece. The other members of the household must also legally and permanently reside in Greece.

              No No

            • 1 Income tax return Declaration

              Income tax return

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: The verification of the residence criterion requires timely submission of income tax returns or any other appropriate supporting documents.

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 9429

            • 2 Certificate of attendance from the Director or the Head of the school unit. Study

              Certificate of attendance from the Director or the Head of the school unit.

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: If enrolment and adequate attendance cannot beconfirmed electronically through the interoperability of the information systems of the Housing Benefit and the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, a certificate from the Director or the Head of the school unit is required.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Educational

              No 8412

            • 3 Electronic lease contract Private Agreement

              Electronic lease contract

              Submission by: Presented by the applicant, Submitted by the applicant (digital)

              Submitted by: Persons


              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 8972

            • 4 Residence permit Stay Permit

              Residence permit

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)


              Notes: Specifically for cases where the applicant or an adult member of the household is a foreign national and the residence criterion cannot be verified electronically by Government Gazette 59962, Series II, No. 4500/29.09.2021 interoperability of the relevant information systems, its verification requires the presentation of a valid residence permit or a certificate of submission of an application for renewal. Substantiation of five or twelve years of residence requires the presentation of residence permits covering the period in question.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Administrative

              No 3465

            • 5 Supporting document for change in household composition Certificate

              Supporting document for change in household composition

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)


              Notes: If the composition of the household in the month of submission of the application is different from the one shown by the results of the electronic cross-checks, the submission of any documentary evidence supporting the change (e.g. birth certificate, copy of death certificate, etc.) is required.

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 9703

            • 6 Bank Account Number (IBAN) Numerical data

              Bank Account Number (IBAN)

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: A valid and active bank account number (IBAN),of which the applicant is the sole beneficiary or a co-beneficiary, is necessary.

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 8166

            • Law 3 4472 2017 74 Α

              Description Introduction of a housing benefit

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20170100074

            • Ministerial Decision 71670/29-9-2021 2021 4500 Β

              Description Replacement of Joint Ministerial Decision ref. D13 oik. 10747/256/6.3.2019 ‘Determination of the terms and conditions for the implementation of the Housing Benefit Programme’ (Government Gazette, Series II, No 792), as amended by Articles 17 and 18 of Law 4659/2020.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20210204500

            • 1 Initiating the procedure



              No No


            • 2 Submission of the online application in person


              Description The application is submitted through the competent services of the municipalities or the community centres of the place of residence, obligatorily by the person in whose name the lease of the primary residence has been concluded and, if an income tax return has been submitted, by all adult members of the household. In the case of a household consisting of guest members, the application is submitted exclusively by the person liable or the spouse of the person liable to file an income tax return of the guest unit, for all the members of the household. If the final submission of the application does not take place within the same month, the application is considered as not submitted and is automatically ‘withdrawn’ due to the expiry of the reference month.

              Yes No


            • 3 Electronic filing of the application via epidomastegasis.gr


              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description Procedure of application submission directly by the applicant: the applicant submits the application electronically through the electronic platform of the programme, which they enter using their personal credential codes of the General Secretariat for Public Administration Information Systems (G.G.P.S.D.D.) of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance (taxisnet codes). The processing of the declared data through electronic cross-checking is carried out for the purposes of Article 3 of Law No 4472/2017 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 74). The applicant is the person in whose name the lease of the primary residence has been concluded and, if an income tax return has been submitted, by all adult members of the household. In the case of a household consisting of guest members, the application is submitted exclusively by the person liable or the spouse of the person liable to file an income tax return of the guest unit, for all the members of the household. If the final submission of the application does not take place within the same month, the application is considered as not submitted and is automatically ‘withdrawn’ due to the expiry of the reference month.

              Yes No


            • 4 Final submission of the application


              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description After completion of the application, and if there is no discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the cross-checks, the applicant submits the application definitively. If, after the final submission and processing of the application, the household meets the criteria for inclusion in the programme and the declared data match those resulting from the cross-checks, the application is accepted and automatically marked as ‘Approved’.

              No No


            • 5 Verification of supporting documents


              Description If there is a discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the digital cross-checks, the application remains pending and the applicant is obliged to submit the required supporting documents exclusively to the competent services of the municipality or the community centre of their place of residence. In this case, the option of final submission of the application via the online platform is not available.

              No No


            • 6 Acceptance of the application


              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description When the application is submitted in person, the competent employee of the municipality prints out the application with the declared data. The printed application form is signed by the applicant before final submission and kept on file by the authorised official. By signing the application, the applicant declares that they confirm the content of the application and if there is no discrepancy between the declared data and the result of the cross-checks, the application is submitted finally. After the final submission, and if the application is approved, one copy of the approval act is printed and received by the applicant.

              Yes No


            • 7 Amendment of an approved application


              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The approved application may be amended by the beneficiary directly, or through the competent services of the municipality or the community centre of the place of residence, throughout the duration of the programme, exclusively for the correction of contact details, home address and bank account number (IBAN).

              Yes No


            • 8 Rejection of the application


              Description If, after the final submission and processing of the application, the household does not meet the criteria for inclusion in the programme, the application is automatically marked ‘Not approved’. The reasons for rejection are indicated on the online platform of the programme.

              Yes Yes


            • 9 Payment of allowance


              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description Payment of benefit to the beneficiary’s bank account.

              No Yes


            • OPEKA – Housing benefit
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