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Housing benefit - subsidy towards housing costs
Housing benefit is a social benefit under the Housing Benefit Act. It supports citizens with a low income with their housing costs. Housing benefit is paid as a rent subsidy (for tenants) or as an encumbrance allowance (for owner-occupiers). Housing benefit is only granted on application. The month in which the application is made is decisive for the date from which housing benefit is paid.
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+++ We have new opening hours as of 17 August 2026. +++ Full details at the bottom of this page +++
Due to a technical issue, the Beckum Housing Benefit Office currently has no access to applications submitted via BundID. We are working flat out to find a solution. Have you already submitted your application documents via BundID? If so, please resend your application to us by email at wohngeldstelle@beckum.de. Please also send us the confirmation from BundID regarding the upload of your documents.
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Whether and how much housing benefit you receive depends on the number of household members, the total household income and the amount of rent or charges.
You can use the NRW housing benefit calculator to check for yourself, without obligation, whether you belong to the group of people who are entitled to a rent subsidy (housing benefit for rented flats) or an encumbrance subsidy (housing benefit for property).
To the housing benefit calculator
How to reach us:
You will find the Housing Benefit Office in Beckum Town Hall, Alleestraße entrance. If you have any questions or concerns about housing benefit, the application office is available during the above-mentioned service hours. Please send application documents digitally to the application office.
+++ New opening hours +++ from 17 August 2026 +++ New opening hours +++
Telephone consultation hours
Monday
From 10:00 to 12:00
Tuesday
From 10:00 to 12:00
Thursday
From 10:00 to 12:00
Friday
From 10:00 to 12:00
Opening hours (for personal consultation)
Tuesday
From 08:30 to 12:00
Thursday
From 08:30 to 12:00 From 14:00 to 17:00
Application requirements for a rent subsidy
- You are a tenant, subtenant or authorised tenant of residential property,
- You are a resident of a care home within the meaning of the Care Home Act,
- You are a resident in your own apartment block.
Application requirements for an encumbrance allowance
- You are the owner of your own home, a small housing estate or an agricultural sideline,
- You are the owner of a condominium,
- You are the owner of a permanent right of residence similar to ownership,
- You are entitled to the transfer of ownership, creation or transfer of the building, condominium or permanent right of residence.
There is no entitlement to housing benefit if...
- you receive a citizen's allowance, social benefit or an allowance for trainees under the Second Social Security Code
- Transitional allowance and injury benefit in the amount of the citizen's allowance under the Sixth or Seventh Social Code
- Assistance with living expenses or basic security in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the Twelfth Social Code
- Supplementary assistance for living expenses in accordance with the Federal Pension Act
- Receive benefits in special cases and basic benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
- or child and youth welfare benefits in accordance with the Eighth Social Code, if all persons belonging to the household are recipients of these benefits.