Housing benefit for part-time work, mini-jobs and midi-jobs in Frankfurt
As of: August 2026
Yes, part-time work, a midi-job or a mini-job does not exclude housing benefit (Wohngeld) in Frankfurt. What matters is the household’s entire countable income, not the contractual number of hours. Several marginal jobs are added together. Anyone who receives Bürgergeld with housing costs beside part-time work is usually excluded. Whether a claim exists is decided by the combination of household size, gross cold rent and income.
Fewer hours, the same Frankfurt rent
Part-time work lowers earnings; the gross cold rent in Frankfurt stays high. In Mietenstufe VI the maximum for one person is 615 euros, for two people 745 euros. Many one- and two-person households with reduced hours lie exactly in this corridor: the rent eats a large part of the midi-job or part-time wage, but Bürgergeld is not received.
Near-full-time wages are treated on the Employees page. The calculation itself – rent, income, household size – is under Amount and Eligibility.
Mini-job, midi-job and several jobs
Marginal employment (mini-job) and employment in the transition zone (midi-job) are earnings. Several jobs of one person are added. For mini-jobs tax and pension duties often do not arise in the same form as for work subject to social insurance; the flat-rate deductions under the Housing Benefit Act then come out lower. That makes countable income relatively higher, not automatically the claim impossible.
Anyone who combines part-time work with Bürgergeld and has housing costs in it is usually excluded. Pure part-time work without that benefit remains examinable. Changes in hours can trigger a duty to notify as soon as income rises or falls markedly. See Income.
Which documents are typically needed for part-time work
Submit current payslips for each job; for mini-jobs also the agreement or the notification of marginal employment. The tenancy agreement, rent payments and identification are added. The filterable list is under Documents.
The Housing Office (Amt für Wohnungswesen), Adickesallee 67–69, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, receives the application. A job change or increased hours belong in the report.
Example: one-person household with a midi-job
Example for orientation, not a decision notice: a person living alone in Fechenheim works in a midi-job and pays 590 euros gross cold rent. The maximum for level VI for one person is 615 euros. The entire gross cold rent lies below that and can therefore enter the calculation in full. Income consists of the midi-job pay, without further earnings.
Whether housing benefit is paid depends on countable income – a euro amount is named only in the decision notice. Further situations: Employees, Single parents, Self-employed. Next: Application, Documents, Amount, Eligibility.
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