What exactly the new regulations will look like from January 2023 is still unclear at the moment. Therefore, the housing benefit calculator is currently not helping you to find out whether you will be eligible.
However, you can deal with it now. The following fields must be filled in:
- Number of household members: Enter all persons in the household as a number.
- Number of household members to consider: This includes spouses, life partners, parents and children, family members of a household member. Household members who already receive various grants are excluded – an overview can be found in this PDF.
- Total Monthly Income: How much do all members earn in total in gross? You must be able to prove this when you apply for housing benefit.
- Monthly gross cold rent: Here you enter the burden of the rent or, in the case of owner-occupied residential property, the monthly burden, for example a loan installment.
- Rent level: Which rental level does your district or city belong to? This is important because you can rent significantly more living space in a small town for 1,000 euros than in Munich or Hamburg. You can find out which level your region belongs to in the official PDF of the Federal Ministry.
Once you have filled out all the points, click on the “Calculate” button. Then you can see whether and how much housing benefit you would probably receive.