Social-assistance housing
Those who have a limited budget or who lack housing because of other reasons can apply for social-assistance housing or other assistance from their own local community.
Social-assistance housing
- People having problems because of lack of housing can obtain advice from the municipal social services on entitlements and available solutions.
- Those who are in urgent need of housing and not able to provide housing for themselves due to social and financial reasons may be entitled to receive social-assistance rental housing, housing through lease purchase, or proprietary housing.
- The residents of social-assistance rental housing may be entitled to housing benefits.
Application and allocation
- You apply for social-assistance housing to the housing representative or the municipal social services using forms you can get from those services.
- Social-assistance housing is allocated according to criteria relating to the applicant's family circumstances, social circumstances, income, and the value of their assets.
- Local communities adopt further criteria of their own for the allocation of social-assistance housing and the administration or such housing.
- Appeals can be made to the social services regarding the decisions of the social affairs committees that dispose of cases involving social-assistance housing.