Please use one of the linked online housing benefit calculators to check, without obligation, whether you are likely to be entitled to housing benefit before you submit an application.
- The federal housing benefit calculator gives a first indication of whether you might be entitled. Note: The whole of Hamburg is classified at rent level VI (Mietenstufe VI)
- The Hamburg housing benefit calculator, provided by NRW, is much more detailed. You will have to provide much more information, but the result will also be much more accurate. That means you will be able to estimate fairly accurately whether you will be entitled.
Note: If you make maintenance payments or have a very variable income (for example if you’re self-employed), please use the Hamburg housing benefit calculator. The federal housing benefit calculator does not take these factors into account.
