More tax breaks for hundreds of thousands property owners But also direct money benefits for 1 million households living on rent, includes the government’s plan to relieve households facing acute housing problem. The draft state budget for 2026, which was filed with the Parliament last Monday by Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakisreveals a total of 10 new measures, whose amount is close to half a billion euros, which citizens will now see them gradually unfold until 2026.

“1 rent” in November …

However, the beginning is from this year in November. The first of the total nine new measures to come will be taken in about a month, as a whole monthly rent to tenants. Over 1 million beneficiaries will receive 1/12 of rents who said they paid in 2024. They will receive up to 800 euros “in the pocket” from the Greek State, based on the rent that everyone says they pay.

The arrangement concerns those who rent a main house, as well as those who pay for a student housing. Income and property criteria make almost 80% of tenants in the country. The rental refund is given beyond the housing or student allowance already in force and receive beneficiaries from other bodies (OPECA, Ministry of Education, etc.).

The measure costs € 230 million. However, it was not provided for in the budget passed last year for 2025. It was announced in the middle of the year, but will not be given not a permanent measure and not as an extraordinary or one -off allowance. It is funded by tax evasion revenue and will be given every November, this year and in the future. This is officially reflected in the draft of the new budget of 2026. As the amount receives each tenant depends on what rent he himself declares, the subsidy may increase in the coming years, to the extent that landlords and tenants will gradually declare the actual (and very much increased) renames.

8 -meter beam “in a row” for 2026

After renting a rent, another 8 meters and interventions that create new data are being launched, affecting plans, decisions and prospects in the real estate market. All aimed at the housing issue, and citizens will see them gradually enter their lives from 1.1.2026.

8 meters whose total costs for the budget exceeds 200 million, include:

1. Tax exemptions to open ’empty’ houses

Those who kept their homes closed for years without tenants, or had them exclusively for short -term leasing to tourists, will have more reasons to want to make them for long -term rental. Those who first put a tenant again until 31.12.2026, are entitled to a full three -year tax exemption. The new terms that will apply from November, ensures more owners that they will not pay a euro tax for rents they will receive in the next 36 months.

The measure already applies to houses declared as “gaps” in the tax office. But the terms of tax exemption for the owner are changing, however.

The innovative element is to expand the field of application in three directions:

– Tax exemption for 3 years will now be offered for owners who have leased large properties of over 120 sqm, which are so far excluded. The new system “opened houses” with tax exemption up to 140 sqm if given to triple, up to 160 sqm if given to a family with 4 children, up to 180 sqm with 5 children, up to 200 sqm with 6 children, as the threshold is increased by 20 sq.m. for each child over two.

– The owner is protected from the risk of premature retirement if the tenant is gone prematurely before the three -year period is over: he will no longer return money to the tax office – which was the fear of many and canceled the measure. The exemption will now be calculated “by the month” and not as a three -year overall, and will continue to apply to the remaining period until 36 months are completed by the first lease of the property, provided that the property is left again and rented within three months.

– The “elastic” rental of 6 months and over, instead of 36 months required to date, is also allowed to be tax -free, especially for leases to medical or nursing staff, public teachers, as well as to the Armed Forces and Security Forces, who are often moved for officials.

All changes will apply after the publication of the new tax law in the Government Gazette until the beginning of November. Without prejudice to the final provisions as voted on and in force, the measure is planned to cover the existing housing leases so far. The measure aims to bring thousands of houses still closed for long -term leasing. In the first application of the changes, the benefit for those who are rushing from November this year to take advantage of them will be seen in the 2025 income tax clearance to be issued in the spring of 2026.

2. Reduction of Documens 30% -35% in Home

For the first time in nearly twenty years, decreases by 30% or even 35% imputed income For which the tax office taxes hundreds of thousands of owners and tenants each year, based on the squares of the house where they live and not for the real income they declare themselves each year.

A total of 477,000 taxpayers are caught each year in the evidence of the tax office. They will see for the first time in their clearances, the fictitious (imputed) income for which they paid taxes to be reduced by at least 50 euros, or up to 7,000 euros in areas with very high zone prices. This significant relief will be shown in the statements they will make in 2026, with the income of 2025.

3. Changing Rental Tax Scale

By 2026 Established 25% tax rate (instead of 35%) for income from rents of 12,000 to 24,000 euros.

The measure is estimated to benefit about 161,000 owners at an annual cost of 90 million euros. The 10 percentage points decrease is expected to contribute to tax compliance and renouncement of rental prices, as landlords will have a lesser incentive to hide income or burden tenants at additional costs.

4.

By 2026 ENFIA paid by owners is reduced by 50%, For main houses in settlements with a population of up to 1,500 inhabitants -while in 2027 the tax is completely abolished, excluding the settlements of Attica.

The measure is about 1 million properties in 12,720 settlements in the country, with a total profit of 225 million euros for owners in two annual installments (75 million in 2026 and 150 million in 202 &).

The abolition is directly linked to decentralization and treatment of the housing problem. It makes it more attractive to stay in small communities and financially relieves their residents, indirectly encouraging the congestion of large urban centers.

5. Social consideration for modern housing

A new framework for social consideration is being launched over the utilization of public real estate for the construction of modern social houses, with the aim of securing social lease in vulnerable groups. The first properties have already been selected and the measure aims to deal with the structural problem of housing the weakest social groups in the long run.

These measures encourage building activity and upgrading the existing building stock, helping to increase the supply of more and more accessible houses.

In addition, however, in the same direction there are other measures extending in time to 2026, instead of expiring.

Specifically

6. In 2026, the reduction of income tax for the cost of upgrading buildings is also extended.

7. The suspension of VAT expands to new buildings by the end of 2026.

8. In 2026 the restriction of new short -term leases in Athens in Athens is extended. The extension aims to return real estate to long -term leasing, preventing the conversion of houses into tourist accommodation in areas with a strong housing problem.