Public Services Housing benefit transfer for new applications by November 30th, 2022

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Housing benefit transfer for new applications by November 30th, 2022

The approved housing benefit is paid monthly in advance to the person entitled to housing benefit. To do this, you must provide an account with a financial institution within the European Union to which the housing benefit can be paid. If you do not have...

The approved housing benefit is paid monthly in advance to the person entitled to housing benefit. To do this, you must provide an account with a financial institution within the European Union to which the housing benefit can be paid. If you do not have such an account, the housing benefit can be sent to your place of residence for a fee. The housing benefit can be paid to another member of the household or to the landlord, for example, with written consent.
Unfortunately, payment to people who are not household members is not possible.

Important notes

Prerequisites

If you would like to receive housing benefit, you are obliged to provide an account with a bank in the European Union to which the housing benefit can be transferred. If you would like housing benefit to be paid to the landlord or another household member in future, please let your housing benefit office know.
The housing benefit authority decides whether it is necessary in individual cases for the housing benefit to be paid to another member of the household, to the recipient of the rent or to the service provider within the meaning of Section 12 of the First Social Code. This can be done either with your written consent or, if this is necessary in individual cases, also without your consent.

Documents required

Payment details must be included in the application.

Please note

If your financial situation or your living conditions have improved or changed, the housing allowance may be reduced. You are obliged to notify the housing benefit authority immediately of any changes that could lead to a reduction in housing benefit.
In order to avoid or uncover the illegal claiming of housing benefit, the housing benefit authority may regularly check the household members by means of a so-called data comparison.
According to §§ 16 ff.

Deadlines

Housing benefit is usually paid starting on the first of the month in which the application is received by a housing benefit office.

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

Housing benefit is usually paid starting on the first of the month in which the application is received by a housing benefit office and is granted to you in advance for the month.

Processing time

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

However, due to the large number of new applications for housing benefit expected in January 2023, it may take some time to process your application.

Possibly longer processing times are not at your expense: for periods after receipt of the application, housing benefit can also be paid out retrospectively.

Fees

No

Legal notes

Legal remedies

contradiction

Legal basis

§ 26 Housing Benefits Act Payment of the housing benefit

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/wogg/__26.html