By Vangelis Dourakis

The date for paying the long-awaited “refund” of rent is approaching, but it will not be things for all tenants: some will receive the aid without much- and with “automatic” procedures on time, but others will have to wait … a little more. Others will discover that the aid is not … for everyone, and there are those who are in danger with many years of exclusion from the program.

It is certain that those who have completed the code 081 -and meet the relevant criteria- to November 30 They will see their bank accounts with “automatic” procedures the amount of “refund” of rent.

Who are staying … off -rent rental

Of course, there will be those who normally have completed the code 081, but will wait … in vain the reinforcement: these are those who go beyond the limits of income and property criteria set.

Specifically, these are as follows:

  • For the single, a maximum income threshold of 20,000 euros is set.
  • For married or part -time cohabitation, a maximum family income threshold of EUR 28,000 is set by EUR 4,000 for each child.
  • For single parent families, a maximum family income threshold of EUR 31,000 is set by € 5,000 for each additional child beyond the first.

Regarding the property criteria for rented rent for a main residence, it is stipulated that the total value of family property, as determined by the calculation of ENFIA this year, may not exceed EUR 120,000 for a single household in 20,000 euros for each additional member of the household.

For the rent return For student residence No property limit is set.

Who are at risk of expulsion from the program

There is still the category of those who meet the criteria, but they did not complete the code 081: In this case they should know that they are very likely to be faced with errors or even delays in the payment of the amounts of them.

This is because if the number of the lease has not been declared in E1, the AADE will carry out a cross -check and if the lessee’s income tax return and the active declaration of lease information submitted to the HRAD, the lease will be identified by the registration.

Under the relevant circular there are some who are at risk of “miscarriage” from the program: the submission of false data, either for the main house or for a student housing, entails a refund of the entire amount of the subsidy at an interest rate of 8.76%, as well as exclusion from the program for three years.

What amounts will the beneficiaries of the rent refund receive

In any case, it is recalled that, from November this year and every year in the same month, a rent will be credited by the state a lease annually, whether it concerns a main residence or student residence, to the bank account of the tenant.

More specifically, based on statements currently being made for the tax year 2024, 1/12 of the annual declared rent – both for the main residence and for the student residence – will be returned to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries in late November.

The maximum return amount for the main residence It is 800 euros surgical 50 euros For each dependent child of the tenant.

The maximum amount of refund for the student house It also amounts to 800 euros.

The aid is tax -free, unexplained and irrevocable in the hands of the State or third parties, is not bound and is not offset by debts that have been confirmed by the tax administration and the State in general, legal entities public law, local authorities and legal entities and legal entities.