Housing entitlement certificate and designation for apartment; application

The housing entitlement certificate is issued upon application by the responsible authority (district offices, independent cities, large district towns or "large delegation municipalities"). The designation also requires such an application.

A distinction is made between the general and the specific housing entitlement certificate.

• With the general certificate of eligibility for housing , the person seeking housing can in principle apply for a corresponding subsidized (social) rental apartment throughout Bavaria. The scope of the housing entitlement (in particular the number of household members, appropriate size of the apartment) is precisely described in the general housing entitlement certificate.
• The targeted housing entitlement certificate is only issued for a specific apartment.

Certain subsidized rental apartments, in particular social housing in areas with increased housing needs defined by ordinance, may only be made available to a person seeking housing who has been designated by the competent authority for the specific apartment. In these cases, a certificate of eligibility for housing is not required.

Please give priority to using the online service offered for the "Application for a housing entitlement certificate and nomination for an apartment".

The following additional documents are provided under Forms:

• Information sheet on the application for housing entitlement.
• Certificate of income Housing entitlement.

In addition, you will find links to the following pages:

• Housing entitlement and law.
• Promotion of rental apartments.

The certificate of eligibility for housing is issued for the person seeking housing and the members of their household; in addition to spouses and children, this also includes certain other persons with whom a residential and economic community exists. The prerequisite for the issue of a certificate of eligibility for housing (and also a designation) is therefore in particular that

• the person seeking accommodation is legally and actually in a position to establish a long-term residence for the household and
• the total income of the household does not exceed the relevant income limits.

The amount of the income limits depends on the apartment in question. You can find more information on the income limits under "Related topics" - "Social rental housing". In the interests of mixed resident structures, there is no uniform income limit for subsidized rental housing in Bavaria.

The application is not subject to a time limit.

• Application for a certificate of eligibility for housing / designation for a specific apartment (WBS I)

  Please submit the completed form to the competent authority. If the application is submitted informally, this may lead to delays.

• Declaration of income of the applicant (Stabau III a)
• Income declaration for other household members (Stabau III b)
• Notes on the declaration of income of the applicant and other members of the household
• Information sheet on the application for housing entitlement
• Certificate of income Housing entitlement

• Designation for a specific apartment: 12.50 to 25.00 euros
  (Tariff no. 2.I.2/2 of the Annex to § 1 of the Schedule of Costs)
• Issuance of a certificate of eligibility: 7.50 to 20.00 euros; for certain deviations: 15.00 to 45.00 euros
  (tariff nos. 2.I.2/3, 3.1 and 3.2 of the annex to § 1 of the schedule of costs)

• Law to secure the purpose of social housing in Bavaria (Bavarian Housing Binding Act - BayWoBindG)
• Bavarian Housing Promotion Act (Bayerisches Wohnraumförderungsgesetz - BayWoFG)

  BayRS 2330-2-I; GVBl p. 260; GVBl p. 286

• Ordinance on the Implementation of Housing Law and Special Urban Development Law (DVWoR)

• Promotion of rental apartments
• Residential entitlement and law
• Housing law - Housing entitlement

• Housing search; support
• Social rental apartments; advertisements by landlords
• Housing commitment for subsidized housing; enforcement