This website uses third-party cookies for visitor statistics and questionnaires. Read more about applying for and receiving housing benefits Read more about applying for and receiving housing benefits. Housing benefit is a grant that you can get to help pay your rent if you are renting a home with your own kitchen or kitchenette.
You can apply for housing benefit even if you are living in Denmark only for a short period of time. However, you have to live at the residence you are applying for on a permanent basis to get housing benefit. If you are renting a home with your own kitchen or kitchenette, you might qualify for housing benefits. If there are more than one person in the household, only one of you can receive housing benefits.
The housing benefits will be paid to the applicant or the housing organisation. The housing organisation will then deduct the amount from the rent. If several people are living together, everyone apart from the applicant must sign as being jointly and severally liable. This means that every adult in the household are legally responsible for repaying if you receive too much in housing benefits. This only applies for the period where you are cohabiting. Once you have made the calculation, you can proceed directly to the application form for housing benefits.
You have to apply for housing benefits digitally. There is only one person living in the home who can apply for housing benefits.
Your housing benefit will be paid directly to your NemKonto. If your home is a social tenant housing, the housing benefit can be paid directly to your housing organisation which will then deduct the amount from your rent. Once your application has been processed, Udbetaling Danmark will send you a letter with more information on how it will be paid. Your entitlement to receive housing benefits stops the day you no longer live in the home. You will need a power of attorney if you contact Udbetaling Danmark on behalf of others.
