Landeshauptstadt Schwerin - Fachgruppe Wohngeld/ Bildung und Teilhabe

If you want to rent an apartment whose construction was subsidized with public funds, you need a certificate of eligibility for housing.

If your total income has decreased, or your rent burden or number of household members has increased, then you can apply for a housing assistance increase.

If your total income has decreased, or your rent burden or number of household members has increased, then you can apply for a housing assistance increase.

To avoid any interruption in housing allowance payments, you should apply for continued housing allowance payments two months before the end of the allowance period.

To avoid any interruption in housing allowance payments, you should apply for continued housing allowance payments two months before the end of the allowance period.

If you receive assistance with living expenses, you or your child can receive education and participation benefits. This includes support for participation in school, daycare, child daycare and leisure activities as well as tutoring, school meals and school transportation.

If you need financial support to take part in school activities, tutoring, meals and transportation, you can receive benefits for education and participation under certain conditions.

Here you can find out whether you are entitled to housing benefit and how to apply for it.

Here you can find out whether you are entitled to housing benefit and how to apply for it.

The benefits for education and participation are intended to facilitate access to social participation and education for children, adolescents and young adults from low-income families.

Children, adolescents and young adults who receive citizen's allowance or social assistance or whose parents receive child supplement or housing benefit can generally receive benefits from the education package.

Do you receive housing benefit and your entitlement to housing benefit decreases? You must inform the housing benefit authority immediately.