The rent subsidy initially put into place on January 1, 2016, is changing on January 1, 2018, with the enactment of a new law that is more flexible and more beneficial to households.

Thanks to the flexibility of eligibility criteria for this rent subsidy, no fewer than 35,000 homes can claim for assistance.

Out of these households, 28,260 of them do not benefit from the RMG (guaranteed minimum income), which used to be one of the eligibility conditions.

Awarding conditions have changed through this reform!

Now, eligible people have to be able to justify regular income for the past 3 months rather than 6 months.

The eligibility threshold for assistance has risen to 2,500 euros for a single person.

Social transfers will no longer be taken into consideration in calculating the household income.

The portion of the rent in the total household income has lowered to 25% instead of the 33% required last year.

The rent subsidy can vary from 100 to 300 euros at most, depending on the income and makeup of the household.

Apart from these changes to eligibility, some criteria to award the subsidy that have to do with the home itself and the requesting household remain unchanged, including not being an owner of the property, therefore renting a private rental property located in the Grandy Duchy.

Find out all about the awarding conditions as well as the breakdown of the thresholds and limits of the rent subsidy in the informational brochure on the government's website.

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