Housing benefit for subtenants in Frankfurt

Subtenancy is widespread in Frankfurt: a room with the head tenant, a furnished apartment, part of a larger flat. In Mietenstufe VI the maximum for one person is 615 euros. Many sub-rents for a room lie below that and can enter in full. Expensive furnished flats exceed the 615 euros; the excess stays uncounted.

Furniture supplements and services that go beyond living do not belong to rent in the housing-benefit sense. The boundary is under Gross cold rent. In general: Amount, Eligibility. The shared-flat situation: Shared flat.

Frankfurt practice typically requires three pieces of evidence of the dwelling: the subtenancy agreement, the head tenant’s head tenancy agreement and a floor-plan sketch. The sketch shows size and names of the rooms and who uses which rooms. Without these documents the authority cannot examine which part of the flat is left to you and whether the stated sub-rent matches it.

You must occupy the space yourself and pay the sub-rent yourself. A subtenancy that exists only on paper does not carry the claim. The rent subsidy otherwise follows the same income rules as for a head tenancy.

Subtenancy agreement, head tenancy agreement, floor-plan sketch, proof of the last two rent payments, a current rent certificate or change notice, income evidence and identification. The filterable list with the life situation subtenancy is under Documents.

The Housing Office (Amt für Wohnungswesen), Adickesallee 67–69, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, receives the application. The place of the sublet dwelling is responsible.

Example for orientation, not a decision notice: a person rents a room in Sachsenhausen as a subtenancy and pays 495 euros gross cold rent. The maximum for level VI for one person is 615 euros. The entire sub-rent lies below that and can therefore enter in full. Income consists of a part-time salary. The head tenancy and the sketch evidence that the room is left to the applicant.

Whether housing benefit is paid depends on income – a euro amount is named only in the decision notice. Further situations: Shared flat, Part-time, Residence and newcomers. Next: Application, Documents, Amount, Eligibility.