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IMPORTANT: Select a location.To obtain application forms, location-specific information and contacts, select a town or zip code.

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Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Applying for housing benefit for the first time or again

Legal basis

Costs

Fee: free of charge

Process flow

As a rule, housing benefit is granted for 12 months.

The approval period is shortened accordingly if it is to be expected that the circumstances relevant to the payment of housing benefit will change before the 12 months have expired.

An application for continued benefit is possible at the earliest two months before the end of the approval period. The approval period can be found in the current notification.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

If the decision is positive, payment is made from the 1st of the month in which the application was made.

Appeal

Complaint

You will find further information on how to lodge a complaint in the notification of your application for housing benefit.

Author

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Who should I contact?

To your local housing benefit authority

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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