Utility cost support

To help preserve housing security, the Local Government provides utility cost support to an apartment owner, usufructuary or tenant who actually lives in the apartment concerned and

 a) is aperson living alone or a single parent, and the per capita income in their household does not exceed HUF 190 950;

b) if one more person lives in the household besides the applicant and the per capita income does not exceed HUF 153 900;

c) if the applicant is a person with a musculoskeletal, intellectual, hearing or visual impairment, a severe or multiple disability, or autism, or such a person lives in their household, regardless of the number of people in the household, and the per capita income does not exceed HUF 153 900;

d) if 3 or more people live in the household and the per capita income does not exceed HUF 133 950 , or

e) receives debt reduction support, or

f) receives housing maintenance support, or

g) to an apartment owner, tenant or usufructuary whose child(ren) receive(s) the regular child protection allowance.

Further information on the eligibility conditions for the support and the documents to be attached is available in the information section at the end of the application form. 

Legal background: Local Government Decree 6/2016 (II.18.), Section 22 

If you have questions about the benefit or about submitting and filling in the application, our colleagues are available in person during office hours and by phone outside office hours. You can find the name and phone number of the case officer for your place of residence under the “Contact details of case officers” menu item.

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