Housing benefit

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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

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

ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΛΕΜΗΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΦΤΩΧΕΙΑΣ

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

Provided to

Related links


Last update

13/04/2025

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for the grant of the housing news

Notes:

The applicant shall submit the application either directly by electronic means or via the relevant departments of the Municipalities or Centres of the Community.

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 allowance

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Legislation

              Categories

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital)

              Life events

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite


            • 1 Ownership (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.

              No No

            • 2 Income 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.

              No No

            • 3 Financial 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.

              No No

            • 4 Establishment 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.

              No No


            • Law 3 4472 2017 74 Α

              Description Establishment 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 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.

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

            • 1 Initiation of proceedings




              No No


            • 2 Submission of the electronic application by self-personal presence

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              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.

              Yes No


            • 3 Electronic submission of the application via epidomastegasis.gr

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              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.

              Yes No


            • 4 Definitive submission of the application

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              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’.

              No No


            • 5 Checking of supporting documents



              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.

              No No


            • 6 Approval of application

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              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.

              Yes Yes


            • 7 Rejection of the application

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation


              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.

              Yes Yes


            • 8 Amendment of an approved application



              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).

              Yes Yes


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