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There are 51 services for Housing and moving

Housing and moving

Whether you are renting, you own a flat or house or you are planning to move, you can find information on housing and moving house here.

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Apply for a certificate of eligibility for housing

A Housing Entitlement Certificate (WBS) is required to move into apartments that have been subsidized under the state housing programs. There is a fixed rental price for...

Apply for a change of main residence

As a person subject to registration, you must notify the registration authority of any change in your main residence within two weeks.

Apply for a housing benefit increase

If your total income has decreased or the number of household members has increased, you can apply for a housing benefit increase.

Apply for a permit to restrict traffic space

If you want to use the public traffic area during construction work or events, you must apply for a permit from the local road traffic authority.

Apply for a registration certificate

Upon request, your city, municipality or Verbandsgemeinde will also issue you with a special confirmation of registration in the form of a registration certificate (e.g. for...

Apply for grants for home improvements that meet care needs

If you are in need of care, it may be necessary to adapt the living environment to your individual needs. You can apply to your long-term care insurance fund for financial...

Apply for help to overcome special social difficulties

If you find yourself in a difficult situation you can the counseling for help to overcome special social difficulties difficulties

Apply for housing allowance

Here you can find out whether you are entitled to housing benefit and how to apply for it.

Apply for housing security and homeless assistance

The essential task of homeless assistance is to help people in particularly difficult social situations, in financial emergencies or in housing issues. Comprehensive advice,...

Apply for information and transmission blocks in the population register for information to parties, etc.

You have the option of objecting to the transmission of your own data to parties, voter groups and other sponsors of election proposals. The objection means that your data will...

Apply for one-time benefits

Moving, pregnancy, childbirth: If you don't have the money for certain situations in your life, you can apply for one-off benefits.

Broadcasting fee - Register a discount

If you have a severely disabled pass with the mark "RF", you can receive a reduction in your broadcasting fee. You will then pay a reduced contribution of EUR 5.83.

Broadcasting fee - add further apartments

If you rent or buy a second or secondary apartment to your existing apartment, you must register it with the contribution service. This also applies to exclusively privately...

Broadcasting fee - apply for exemption

If you receive state social benefits, you can be exempted from the broadcasting fee. The same applies to deafblind people and recipients of assistance for the blind.

Broadcasting fee in the private sector - Notify changes

If you move, your bank details or your name changes, please inform the contribution service of ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio.

Change your place of residence

If you move, you must register at your new place of residence.For children up to the age of 16, the person in whose home the children move must make the registration. If...

Connection of a plot of land to the public drinking water supply

If you are the owner of a plot of land where drinking water is needed, you must have the property connected to the supply facility of the responsible municipality (municipality...

Deregister broadcasting fee

If the broadcasting fee obligation ceases to apply to you, you can report this or deregister online. The broadcasting fee obligation does not apply if you: - live as a...

Deregister secondary residence

If you move out of a secondary residence and do not move into another domestic residence, you must deregister for that residence.

Deregister your place of residence

If you move out of an apartment and do not move into another apartment in The country, you must deregister. The most important cases are moving abroad or deregistering a...

Dispose of bulky waste

The disposal of bulky waste can be by collection by personal delivery to a central location take place.

Dispose of bulky waste by collection

Bulky waste can be collected through fixed collection dates or collection on demand.

Dispose of bulky waste by personal delivery

Bulky waste can be dropped off in person at the collection facilities.

Dispose of electrical waste

The waste disposal of private households and thus also the disposal of e-waste from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities as public...

Dispose of garden waste

The waste disposal of private households and thus also of garden waste from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities as public waste...

Dispose of household waste

The disposal of waste and thus also of household waste/residual waste from private households as well as of other disposal waste from other areas of origin is the responsibility...

Dispose of organic waste

The waste disposal of private households and thus also of biowaste from private households is the responsibility of the counties and independent cities as public waste disposal...

Dispose of problem substances

The waste disposal of private households and thus also of problematic substances from private households is the responsibility of the counties and independent cities as public...

Dispose of recyclables

The waste disposal of private households and thus also of problematic materials is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities as public waste disposal authorities.

Dispose of waste paper

The disposal of waste and thus also of waste paper from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities.

Housing benefit change

Under certain conditions, the amount of your housing benefit may change. Here's when it happens.

Obligation to register - register inland waterway skippers/seafarers

If you move onto an inland waterway vessel that is registered for a domestic shipping register, you must register. If you are sailing on a seagoing vessel that is authorized to...

Pay drinking water levy

The drinking water supply of citizens or customers must cover costs. The respective supplier is therefore charged a fee for the direct delivery of drinking water, which,...

Pay property tax

Do you have real estate? Then you are subject to property tax, distinguishing between property tax A – for agricultural and forestry companies and property tax B – for all other...

Pay waste fee

Home and property owners receive fee notices from the responsible office about the waste fees they have to pay. The fee scale is intended to create effective incentives for...

Property tax assessment for real estate received

The property tax is a municipal tax that is levied on the property located on the municipal territory.

Provision of aerial photographs and digital orthophotos

Aerial photographs and derived digital orthophotos (DOP) from different epochs of the state are kept in the state aerial photo collection of the State Office for Surveying and...

Receive notice of the property tax assessment amount

If you are the owner of real property (or in the new federal states, users of agricultural and forestry property) that is not exempt from real property tax, the tax office will...

Receive real estate tax assessment for land used for agriculture and forestry or agricultural and forestry enterprises

Property tax is a municipal tax levied on real property located within the municipality's territory.

Register main residence

When you move into an apartment, you must register. You do not need to deregister with the registration office in whose jurisdiction the previous apartment was located.

Register secondary residence

If you move into an apartment that you do not use primarily, you must register it as a secondary residence.

Register your apartment

Anyone who moves into an apartment must register with the registration office within two weeks of moving in.

Report employment of a domestic helper on a mini-job basis

If you employ a domestic helper on a mini-job basis, you must register them using the household check procedure.

Request arbitration in disputes with telecommunications providers

If you are arguing with your telecommunications provider, you can contact the Consumer Arbitration Board Telecommunications of the Federal Network Agency under certain...

Request information block in the population register

A block on information in the population register is only entered under strict conditions. To do this, you must show that you or another person could be endangered in terms of...

Request waste advice

The competent body offers you advice on environmentally sound disposal and avoidance of unnecessary waste.

Second home tax

The cities and municipalities can decide, on their own responsibility and with municipal financial responsibility, whether and to what extent they want to levy second home tax...

Submit application for continued housing allowance

To ensure that there is no interruption in housing allowance payments, you should submit an application for continued housing allowance payments 2 months before the end of the...

View rent index

If you would like to know the amount of rents in the apartments in your area, you can find out about it in the rent index of your city or municipality.

apply for official registration confirmation

After registering or deregistering with the registration office, you will receive written confirmation in the form of an official registration confirmation. The official...