Allowance for payment of housing expenses

Published: 24.01.2021.

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Free

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The allowance shall be granted to a person after the assessment of the income and material status of the family (person). The allowance shall be granted by the month in which the Riga Social Service decision regarding the granting of the allowance has been taken. The Social Service of Riga shall perform the payment of the benefits granted to the person for the current month not later than by the 10.dat of the following month.

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The right to receive a benefit for the payment of housing expenses is for households who have declared a basic residence in the administrative territory of the State of Riga and live according to the address indicated in the application and whose income is up to EUR 436 for the first or only person in the household and EUR 305 for other persons in the household. The housing allowance shall be granted to cover rental and/or management fees and/or charges for services related to the use of the residential space.

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You have the opportunity to submit an application to the social service of the local government for granting the status of a poor family (person) or for granting the status of a disadvantaged family (person) and to obtain a certified statement of that status. A statement on the status of a poor family (person) is required in order to receive social assistance, social services, benefits and various benefits. A statement regarding the status of a disadvantaged family (person) shall be required in order to receive an apartment allowance, and other benefits, benefits, if such have been determined by the local government. If your family or household has been matched to the status of a poor or low-income family (person), you have the right to request the granting and payment of an apartment allowance in the social service of the local government. An apartment allowance is one of the types of social assistance benefits that the social service of the local government pays for poor or low-income recognised households, regardless of their home. If you or your family have been granted eligibility for the status of a poor or low-income family (person), you have the right to apply for health care benefits in the social service of the local government by submitting supporting documents. The benefit will be paid if the local government's binding rules provide for such type of benefit and to the extent determined by the local government.

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For the payment of the housing costs of the allowance (hereinafter - housing allowance), the amount is calculated as the difference between the minimum income level guaranteed by the client (GMI) and the amount of regulatory expenses (not exceeding the rules for calculating the flat allowance) and the total income of the client: P = GMI + K - I, where the amount of the P - flat allowance; GMI - the guaranteed minimum income level amount of the level for the client; K - regulatory expenses for rent/management and utilities; I - client income (including the allowance received during the month for the provision of the guaranteed minimum income level). In order to cover rental or management fees and charges for residential benefits for services related to the use of a residential space, the customer shall request once every three months, and for the purchase of fuel, once in the calendar year. If, within a period of three months after the submission of an application regarding the calculation of an apartment allowance, the customer changes the costs for services related to the use of the residential space, the Social Service has the right, on the basis of documents submitted by the client, to make a calculation of the flat benefit for that period in accordance with the actual situation.
The person shall turn to Riga Social Service, present a personal identification document and submit:
1) an application, upon signing, adult persons shall give the Social Service a permit to use the information available in the local government and State data registers regarding themselves and family members;
2) submit income and material resources supporting documents regarding themselves and family members and complete a declaration of means of subsistence;
3) present originals of payment vouchers related to the use of the residential space (submitting copies) for the previous or current month and the original of the rental and/or management contract (submitting a copy);
4) the recipients of the group house (apartment) or temporary accommodation service - shall present the original of the contract regarding the receipt of social service.
You can call 67105048 or 80005055 in the Social Service Territorial Center.
An application in the official language and other documents may also be submitted to the Social Service by a secure electronic signature or by mail (the application must be signed manually), or by submitting an official application to the institution electronically.
Receipt of services
The amount of the monthly allowance shall be transferred to service providers (homeowner, housekeeper, utilities, etc.). If, due to objective circumstances, it is not possible, the allowance shall be transferred to the account indicated by the client.
Riga Social Service informative phone: 67105048
Riga City Council Welfare Department Free Information Phone: 80005055