Regional rent allowance: first results

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The rent allowance emerged thanks to the government decision of 6 March 2008. It can be requested for properties that are part of the municipal rented housing.

Homes of the Property Management Agency

In 2006, the City of Brussels had about 8000 social and 4500 public houses. In a first phase, the Property Management Agency limited the rent allowance to homes with a framed rent and one third of the average housing.

Today, 23 tenants enjoy a rent allowance for an average monthly charge per tenant of 73.72 euro.

Each year, the Property Management Agency rents about one hundred houses to which the rent allowance applies. Since early this year, 17 families received an allowance, compared to a total of 84 qualifying houses, which corresponds to approximately 20%.

Expansion rent allowance

The City Council has, at its meeting of 29 March 2010, decided to extend the measure to all eligible average-sized houses (approximately 400 units). The number of houses is thus expanded to 950 units.