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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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|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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*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.
 
Annual interest = deposit limit for each type of household * average annual deposit rate /100.
  

Latest revision as of 16:22, 30 March 2026



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

30/03/2026

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


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