Your income is suddenly much lower and you can no longer pay your rent or mortgage. For example, due to illness, divorce or unemployment. The housing allowance helps with this. You will then receive temporary money.
What do you need to know
- Housing allowance is different from rent allowance
- Rent allowance goes before housing allowance. This means that you can only receive housing allowance if you are not entitled to housing allowance. For example, if you have an owner-occupied home or if your rent is higher than the rent benefit limit
- Housing allowance is a type of special assistance. You can also apply for this if you do not have social assistance benefits
- How much money you get depends on your situation. That's different for everyone. The housing allowance is never higher than the maximum amount the tax authorities gives in rent allowance
- You will receive the housing allowance for a maximum of 6 months. Sometimes this can be extended for another 6 months
Terms & conditions
- You rent a house or you own a house in Hilversum. You live in this house yourself
- You are 18 years or older
- Your income has fallen unexpectedly and a lot
- You do not have enough income and/or assets to pay the costs yourself. If your income is higher than 130% of the social assistance standard that applies to you, you may still be eligible for reimbursement of part of the costs. The income above 130% is used to reduce the special assistance by this amount, this is called capacity
- You can no longer pay your rent or mortgage
- It is not your fault that you can no longer pay your rent or mortgage
- You can't live anywhere else
- You have an obligation to move. This means that you have to look for a cheaper home, with a rent below the housing benefit limit. This is not necessary if you live in an owner-occupied home with housing costs below the housing benefit limit
- You can prove that you are actively looking for a cheaper home. This is not necessary if you live in an owner-occupied home with housing costs below the housing benefit limit
- You are registered with WoningNet
- You are also looking for a home outside Hilversum
- You request urgency
- You respond to lottery homes
- Owner-occupied home with housing costs above the housing benefit limit: You do everything you can to sell your home. Your home is for sale through a real estate agent
What do you have to do
- You download it application form (pdf, 161 kB)
- Under other costs you fill in Housing costs allowance
- You send the completed form to the municipality. No stamp is required:
Municipality of Hilversum
Attn Team Income
Reply number 1199
1200 VB Hilversum
Send along
- Copy of a valid ID. Note: no driver's license
- Overview of your income of the last 3 months
- As complete as possible overview of your assets and debts
- Copy of statements of all your bank and savings accounts for the last 2 months. Also from your minor children
- Are you in an amicable or legal debt process? Please enclose supporting documents of this
- Rental property:
- Copy of your rental contract
- The last (provisional) income tax assessment that you received from the tax authorities
- House for sale:
- Overview of your mortgage debt and interest
- Copy of your home insurance
- The WOZ value of your home
- The real estate tax (OZB) that you have paid
- The last (provisional) income tax assessment that you received from the tax authorities
After your request
- Once you have submitted the application form and all the requested documents, the municipality will make a decision as soon as possible. This will take up to 8 weeks
- You will receive a letter with the decision. It states whether you will receive money and if so, how much
- If you do not agree with the decision, you can contact the person who assessed your application
- You can also directly to object against a decision of the municipality
Contact
- For questions, please contact Social Square