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Notify housing benefit of significant changes such as number of household members, rent, charges or income

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

Do you receive housing benefit and your entitlement to housing benefit decreases? You must inform the housing benefit authority immediately.

You must inform the housing benefit authority immediately if, not only temporarily

  • the total income of all household members increases by more than 15 percent,
  • your rent or your housing costs excluding heating costs are reduced by more than 15 percent or
  • the number of household members is reduced because they
    • are no longer part of the household
    • are no longer taken into account for housing benefit.

If the changes are retroactive or become known retroactively, your entitlement to housing benefit will also be reduced retroactively.


Process flow
  • You send your notification of change in writing or online to the housing benefit office responsible for you.
  • The authority will check whether your notification affects the amount of your housing benefit and will send you a notification if necessary.
Requirements
  • The total income of all household members has increased by more than 15 percent or
  • the number of your household members has decreased or
  • Your rent or your housing costs excluding heating costs have decreased by more than 15 percent
Which documents are required?
  • Proof of the change in rent or charges
  • Proof of the changed total income of all household members
  • Proof of the change in the household members to be taken into account
What are the fees?

There are no costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Legal basis
What else should I know?

You are obliged to provide all information truthfully. The housing benefit authority is entitled to check your details by comparing your data. The verification of your details is permitted up to 10 years after receipt of the housing benefit notice.

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Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

Do you receive housing benefit and your entitlement to housing benefit decreases? You must inform the housing benefit authority immediately.

Process flow

  • You send your notification of change in writing or online to the housing benefit office responsible for you.
  • The authority will check whether your notification affects the amount of your housing benefit and will send you a notification if necessary.

Requirements

  • The total income of all household members has increased by more than 15 percent or
  • the number of your household members has decreased or
  • Your rent or your housing costs excluding heating costs have decreased by more than 15 percent

Which documents are required?

  • Proof of the change in rent or charges
  • Proof of the changed total income of all household members
  • Proof of the change in the household members to be taken into account

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Legal basis

What else should I know?

You are obliged to provide all information truthfully. The housing benefit authority is entitled to check your details by comparing your data. The verification of your details is permitted up to 10 years after receipt of the housing benefit notice.

Weiterführende Informationen

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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