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– Household: For the purpose of these benefits, a household unit is defined as all individuals registered at the same address, regardless of whether they are related or not.

– Registration in the municipal register: Yes, applicants must be registered as residents in Barcelona at the time of application. 

– Legal residence: Yes. Applicants must have legal residence in Spain, demonstrated with a valid residence permit. 

– Required documentation: Spanish national identity document (DNI), valid certificate of registration as an EU national, identity number for foreign nationals (NIE), valid identity card for foreign nationals (TIE), document stating where a registered individual lives and with whom, family book. 

– Income: The household’s income in the last three months prior to the submission of the application may not exceed the following amounts*:

 
In the case of people with disabilities or severe dependency, the income may not exceed the following amounts:

In no case may the income of the household be less than the rent of the dwelling.

– Assets: Neither the applicant nor any other member of the household may have a dwelling in ownership or usufruct, unless he/she does not have the use and enjoyment of it due to separation or divorce or for any reason beyond his/her control, or when the dwelling is inaccessible due to the disability of the owner or any member of the household. A person is not considered to be the owner or usufructuary of a dwelling if the right is only over an aliquot part of the dwelling and has been obtained by transmission mortis causa.

– Recognised disability/Dependency: In the case of people with disabilities or severe dependency, the income threshold is made more flexible in order to facilitate access to benefits for this group (see section “Income”).  

– Victim of gender-based violence: In situations of gender violence, as well as violence in the family and in the social or community sphere, the applicant must only prove that they are in this situation with one of the means of proof in Article 33 of Law 5/2008, of 24 April, on the right of women to eradicate gender-based violence and be up to date with payments.

– Housing situation: 
– The applicant must hold a rental contract, a lease agreement, a subletting contract, a right of subrogation to a dwelling or any other legally valid document proving occupancy of the residence.
– The dwelling must be the applicant’s habitual and permanent residence. If, at the time of the decision, the applicant is no longer living in the residence for which the benefit was requested, the application will be denied due to non-compliance with the purpose of these benefits.
– The applicant’s monthly mortgage or rental payments must not exceed a maximum of 900 euros.
– Applicants must provide documentary proof of at least one of the following situations:
o    Eviction proceedings for non-payment, for expiry of the legal or contractual term and for foreclosure.
o    Other recognised processes in which the home has been lost with legal title, such as cases of dation in payment.
o    Women who are in a situation of gender violence demonstrated by the means of proof provided for in Article 33 of Law 5/2008, of 24 April, on the right of women to eradicate gender violence, as well as cases of violence in the family and in the social or community sphere.
o    Cases of the Economic and Social Emergency Assessment Committee of Catalonia and of the emergency committees with a favourable resolution and in the process of re-housing.
o    A mediation procedure as stipulated in Articles 439.7, 655 bis and 685.2 of Law 1/2000, of 7 January, on Civil Procedure, as well as in the third transitional provision of Law 12/2023, of 24 May, on the Right to Housing, in cases where they hold a valid legal title. 
o    Cases from homes forming part of the Social Integration Housing Network (XHIS) or referred under the Framework of Action for addressing homelessness in Catalonia 2022-2025, with a work plan, at the performance stage.

– In order to be eligible for this benefit, the period between the date on which the person leaves the home and the date on which they apply for the benefit must not be more than 24 months. 
– Have paid three months’ rent or six mortgage instalments on the previous home.
– Be up to date with the payment of the rent for the dwelling for which the benefit is requested.
– The beneficiaries must pay the rent at least from the month following the date of the award decision, by bank transfer, direct debit, direct deposit or receipt issued by the administrator of the property.

– Other requirements: 
– Proof of the emergency and special need of the applicant’s household by means of a socio-economic report from the primary or specialised social services, in which it is proposed that the benefit be awarded for these reasons and because the family unit is in one of the situations at risk of residential exclusion.
– For the purposes of these services, the following items are considered part of rent: rent, rent arrears, amounts claimed back for improvement works, property tax (IBI) and the waste collection service charge.
– With the amount of the benefit requested, it is necessary to guarantee the settlement of the existing debt.
– They must be in a position to continue paying rent or mortgage payments from the time the benefit application is resolved.

Incompatibilities:                                    

These benefits are incompatible with any other rent assistance payments managed by the Catalan Housing Agency and with the receipt of any other financial assistance paid by any public body or administration for the same monthly payments in the same year that are intended for the same purpose. When the benefits are for different monthly payments, the total amounts to be received in a single calendar year may not exceed 4,500 euros.

These benefits are not available to those:

•    Persons with a legal entitlement to housing owned or managed by the Catalan Housing Agency, as well as those of any public administration in general. 
•    Persons who have received an offer to access housing from the public rental stock and have not accepted it, except for justified reasons, during a period of two years between the date of refusal and the date of the application for the subsidy. 
•    Persons who are entitled to compulsory social rent from a large housing owner, as a suitable alternative to their situation, unless there is good cause.
•    The person having signed the rental contract or any other member having any of the following links:
o    Relationship by marriage or other similar stable relationship, by consanguinity, adoption or affinity, up to the second degree, with the lessors.
o    Partners or participants of the entities acting as lessors.

Amount and frequency: 

The amount of the benefit is 60% of the annual rent payable for the home, up to a maximum of 3,600 euros per year per home.
The benefit is granted for twelve monthly payments starting from the month immediately following the month of issue of the favourable resolution. It can be renewed for up to a further 24 months by means of a renewal application.
Beneficiaries of a special emergency benefit for loss of housing may receive an additional benefit to cover the security deposit and expenses entailed in moving to rented accommodation, provided they are in one of the following situations: 
– Eviction proceedings for non-payment, for expiry of the legal or contractual term and for foreclosure. 
– Other qualifying processes leading to the loss of housing to which they are legally entitled. 
– Women in a situation of gender violence, expressly including gender by a family member or by someone in their community or social sphere.
– Cases handled by the Economic and Social Emergency Assessment Committee of Catalonia and local emergency committees with a favourable resolution and in the process of re-housing. 
– The intermediation procedure for legally entitled beneficiaries who are eligible for this benefit under their agreement. 
– Cases from homes forming part of the Social Integration Housing Network (XHIS) or referred under the Framework of Action for addressing homelessness in Catalonia 2022–2025, with a work plan, at the performance stage.   

The amount of the additional benefit to cover the security deposit and expenses entailed in moving to rented accommodation is based on proven expenditure up to a maximum of 800 euros and can only be awarded once.

The same person may receive financial assistance to pay rent debts and the benefit for loss of housing and the additional benefit to cover the security deposit and expenses entailed in moving to rented accommodation in the same calendar year provided that the sum of the two benefits does not exceed 4,500 euros.