These people cannot find housing on the open housing market.
Because often the rents are too expensive for them.
That is why there is also social housing.
Here the rents are not expensive.
The state of Germany and the federal state of Baden-Württemberg have been promoting social housing for many years.
The state capital Stuttgart also promotes social housing.
The building owners must then observe some rules.
For example, how high the rent may be.
Bau-Herren are companies
that build apartments.
You can't pay the rents for most apartments?
Or no landlord wants to give you an apartment?
For example, because you come from another country?
Then the city can arrange a cheap social rental apartment for you.
For this you have to fulfill the following:
- Your income must not be higher than a certain value.
- You have a housing entitlement certificate.
Residential Certificate of Eligibility
You get the Wohn-Berechtigungs-Schein from the
Subject area housing supply. (opens in a new tab)
You have to apply for it.
The income of all persons in the household must be less
than a certain value.
The value is written in a law.
The law is called the State Housing Subsidy Act.
The value is stated in paragraph 10 of this law.
The value can change.
Would you like to apply for a residential entitlement certificate?
Then click here on the link:
Apply for a Wohn-Berechtigungs-Schein (opens in a new tab)
Occupancy right from the city
The city has the right of occupancy for about 19,000 rental apartments in Stuttgart.
in Stuttgart.
This means:
The city may decide:
Who may live in this apartment.
But:
The city can only give the apartment to new people,
if the old tenants move out.
And also only few new social rental apartments are built.
Therefore, it usually takes between one year and 2 years
until the city can offer a person a social rental apartment.
Sometimes it may even take 3 years.
Are you looking for a social apartment?
Then we will put your name on a list.
You have to fulfill these points:
- You must have lived in Stuttgart for at least 3 years.
- You have a job in Stuttgart?
Then you do not have to have lived in Stuttgart for 3 years. - You are single?
This means:
You live without your family or without your partner?
Then you must be at least 25 years old.
Here you can find more information about social rental housing.
The information is not in plain language.
Leaflet on the placement of publicly subsidized housing. (opens in a new tab)
Income limits for obtaining social rented housing (opens in a new tab)
Pre-registration and occupancy guidelines (opens in a new tab)
Housing companies that build or have built social housing in Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
Maximum rent allowed
There is an allowed maximum rent for social housing in Stuttgart.
This means:
The rent may not be higher.
The city of Stuttgart decides:
This is the allowed maximum rent.
The rents can also be higher over the years.
You can find more information about the maximum rents here.
The information is not in plain language.
Rates of increase for statutes maximum rents 2019-2020. (opens in a new tab)
Bylaws on the amount of allowable rents for publicly subsidized housing. (opens in a new tab)
Information list on current bylaw rents of publicly subsidized apartments. (opens in a new tab)
Translated and checked by the Braunschweig Office for Easy Language © Lebenshilfe Braunschweig
