Financial Assistance for Low-Income Single-Income Households

Are you married or living together? And do you have and low income? Then you sometimes get too little rent and care allowance. This is because different rules for tax and benefit do not match properly. The tax authorities are working on a solution to this problem. Until then, the municipality gives a fixed amount to these households.

Allowance for 2023 and 2024.

Some households with only one income receive few benefits because of the rules to have enough money to live on. This is not the intention. These households can get an additional amount for the years 2023 and 2024.

This amount:

  • No need to pay back.
  • Does not affect your benefits.
  • And this amount cannot be seized by a bailiff.

When will you receive this allowance?

You can get this amount if you met the following conditions in 2023 and/or 2024:

  • You were married or living together (you had a tax partner).
  • You received benefits through the UWV (such as WAO/WIA, Sickness Benefits Act, Wajong or WW), from the SVB or from a private insurer.
  • Your partner had no or little own income from work. Or your partner received social assistance.
  • You received rent allowance and/or care allowance.
  • Your partner was born after December 31, 1962.

How do you apply for it?

Do you meet the conditions? If so, please contact Social Counsel Work of Lumens at:

What information is needed?

  1. Copy of your bank card or bank statement. The account number and your name must be legible. You may make the card number illegible.
  2. A copy of your pay stub from October, November and December of 2023 and/or 2024. This should show how your benefit was calculated from gross to net.
  3. A copy of the final income tax assessment 2023 and/or 2024 of you and your partner. Also, the calculation statement.
  4. The final allocation of care and rent allowance from the Tax Office for 2023 and/or 2024. For 2024: if there is no final award yet, send all the 2024 allowance decisions.

Notice: Sometimes additional documents are needed. We will then discuss this with you.

How much money will you receive?

  • Are you eligible for the allowance in 2023 or 2024? Then you will receive a one-time €1,000.
  • Do you qualify for the allowance in both years? Then you will receive a one-time €2,000.

What happens after the application?

We assess your application within 8 weeks. Will it take longer? Then we will let you know. You will receive a letter whether the money is granted.

Will there also be an allowance in 2025?

From 2025 through 2027, single-income households may also receive an allowance. As soon as more is known about this, we will send a letter and put the information on our website. From 2028 this problem will be solved and an allowance will no longer be needed.