Assistance with living expenses
People in need who are not permanently and fully incapacitated for work may, under certain conditions, apply for income support.
Course description
The following forms of financial support are available:
- standard benefit
- reasonable costs for accommodation and heating
- additional needs where necessary (for example, for food)
- additional needs as defined by law (one-off needs)
- Benefits under the Education and Participation (BuT) scheme for children and young people up to the age of 25 (such as a flat-rate allowance for school supplies, costs for communal school lunches, costs for school trips lasting several days, a participation allowance and more)
Special support services
- Deaf residents of Munich should contact the Social Services for the Deaf.
- Munich residents without their own home should contact the Central Homeless Assistance Service.
People of working age, or those who are permanently and fully incapacitated for work, or who have reached the age between 65 and 67, are not eligible for income support. The following benefits are available to them:
- for people of working age: basic income support
- for people with a permanent and total incapacity for work and for those who have reached the age limit: basic income support in old age and in the event of incapacity for work
Prerequisites
Persons who are not permanently fully incapacitated for work and cannot support themselves from their own income or assets.
Required documents
- Identity card or passport
- Proof of
- Income
- Assets
- Accommodation costs
You can download the application forms here as a writable PDF file:
please sign the application forms (Basic Application Part 1 and Part 2), as well as the forms "Other persons in my/our home" and "Persons liable for maintenance" and submit them in paper form to your local social welfare centre together with the necessary documents.
- Basic application part 1 - SGB XII (basic data sheet) (PDF)
- Basic application Part 2 - Chapter 3 SGB XII (PDF)
- Basic application Part 2 SGB XII - Annex Additional persons in my/our home (PDF)
- Basic application Part 2 SGB XII - Annex for dependants (PDF)
Please complete the form/appendix "Other persons in my/our home" if you do not live alone.
Please also complete the form/appendix "Dependants" if you have dependants (i.e. parents, adult children and spouses - including those who are separated or divorced) who do not live with you in your household.
Homeless people in Munich should contact the "Zentrale Wohnungslosenhilfe" (Central Assistance for the Homeless) at the Office for Housing and Migration. It is responsible for the entire city area.
Questions & Answers
Full reduction in earning capacity within the meaning of the statutory pension insurance exists if the earning capacity is less than three hours a day under the general conditions of the labour market for an unforeseeable period of time due to illness or disability.
The benefits and conditions are almost identical. You can find out everything else about this at your social welfare centre.
People who are not permanently unable to work receive assistance towards living expenses. This includes, for example, people who receive a temporary disability pension. Persons who are permanently unable to work or who have reached the age limit in accordance with § 41 Para. 2 SGB XII (identical to the age of entry for an old-age pension) receive basic income support.
An entitlement to assistance with living expenses exists if the following asset allowances are not exceeded with the existing assets (savings, shares, property, etc.):
- 10.000 euros for each adult or single minor
- 500 euros for all other persons
