26.01.2023 | Housing Benefit Reform 2023: More beneficiaries

 

With the Housing Benefit Reform as of 01.01.2023, the income limits and the housing benefit amount were increased significantly.

For example, the upper income limit for housing benefit in 2023 in Berlin (rent level 4) is 1,466 euros per month for a 1-person household. From January 1, 2023, the costs for heating and hot water will also be included in the calculation.

Whether housing benefit can be applied for and how much housing allowance would be paid can be calculated online with the housing benefit calculator for Berlin:
https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/wohnen/wohngeld/diwo.shtml

The housing benefit application can be submitted online in Berlin here:
https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120656/

Information on Housing Benefit Reform 2023:
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/entlastung-fuer-deutschland/wohngeldreform-2125018

The housing benfit calculator of the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction:
https://www.bmwsb.bund.de/Webs/BMWSB/DE/themen/stadt-wohnen/wohnraumfoerderung/wohngeld/wohngeldrechner-2023-artikel.html