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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.

Apply for subsidies for owner-occupied residential property


With the provision of subsidies, your state can support you in the creation or modernization of a home or condominium. The dwelling must be intended for use by you and your household members.

You do not have a legal claim to funding for your project.

The following are funded:

  • the new building,
  • the acquisition,
  • the modernization
  • the energy-efficient modernisation of owner-occupied residential property

for

  • Households with at least one child who has not yet reached the age of 15,

or

  • Households that include at least one person with disabilities (persons with a degree of disability of at least 50 and persons in need of assistance and care with care level 2 or higher).

The prerequisite for eligibility is that your income and the income of the members of the household do not exceed income limits set in accordance with state law.

Funding is provided in accordance with state law by granting non-repayable grants and/or low-interest loans.

Who should I contact?

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Besondere Leistungen
Address: Herzog-Arenberg-Straße 12, 49716 Meppen
Timetable
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Eugen Bürsken
Telephone: 05931 44-6319
Room:
119, Kreishaus III
responsible for:

Requirements

  • The applicant is not only temporarily resident in Germany and is able to run an independent household for a longer period of time.
  • The current expenses for owner-occupied residential property can be borne in the long term.
  • In addition, when promoting new construction and acquisition, the household must live in inadequate housing conditions
  • In the case of new construction projects, the applicant must own a suitable building plot.
  • In the case of modernization, the living space must meet the generally accepted housing needs after modernization.
  • In the case of energy-efficient modernisation, the level of a new building must be achieved on the basis of the EnEV (KfW Efficiency 100).
  • An equity share of usually 15% of the total costs is to be included in the financing of the property. Personal contributions can be credited.
  • Funding is provided with initially interest-free loans
  • The funding conditions in detail can be found on the website of the Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen

What are the fees?

As a rule, there are no costs for the consultation and application.

  • For loans, a one-time processing fee of 1% of the approved loan amount is charged.
  • For grants, a one-time processing fee of 0.75% of the approved loan amount is charged.

Process flow

  • You submit the application for a loan for property promotion to the housing promotion office responsible for your place of construction (Hanover region, districts, independent and large independent cities as well as independent municipalities)
  • There you will find all application forms and further information
  • The procedure from the application to the funding decision is based on numbers 45 to 47 of the Housing Promotion Regulations (WFB)

Processing duration

A final decision on funding applications is to be made within three months.

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