Overview
- September’s housing allowance is scheduled to hit accounts on Friday, August 29, with all 2025 payouts set before month‑end to align with rent deadlines.
- The benefit has no flat maximum and is calculated from three factors—household size, eligible rent or owner burden, and total income—within local rent stages that cap the rent amount used.
- An inflation adjustment took effect in January 2025, lifting average support by about 15 percent, or roughly 30 euros per month, with updates occurring on a two‑year cycle.
- Several inflows are not counted as income, including child benefit, child supplement, education and participation benefits, care allowance and tax‑free volunteer allowances up to the threshold, while parts of parental allowance above the minimum count and asset limits of €60,000 plus €30,000 per additional member apply.
- Wohngeld is typically approved for 12 months (in some cases up to 24), so applicants should file continuation requests around two months before expiry, expect 2–8 weeks processing, use the federal portal or their local authority site and avoid scam pages such as online-wohngeld.de.