Housing supplement
Housing supplement is money you can receive if you have activity compensation or sickness compensation and have housing costs. You do not need to pay tax on the supplement.
Am I eligible for housing supplement?
You can receive housing supplement if you live in Sweden, have activity compensation or sickness compensation and pay enough for your accommodation in relation to your income. You can also receive housing supplement if you live in Sweden and are receiving some form of disability benefit from another EEA country or Switzerland.
If you are 66 years or older and are receiving a full old-age pension, you apply for housing supplement from the Swedish Pensions Agency.
To find out whether you are eligible for housing supplement, you can call us at 0771‑524 524. Before calling, please prepare information about your housing costs, your income and your savings. If you are married or have a live-in partner, we need this information for both of you.
How do I apply for housing supplement?
1. Prepare digital documents about your housing
You need to attach copies of documents about your housing when you apply for housing supplement.
2. Apply
You can always apply for housing supplement up to three months back in time. If you want to apply for housing supplement for more than three months back in time, Försäkringskassan must have received your application no later than the month after the decision on your activity compensation or sickness compensation was made. Then you can apply from the same month that you were granted activity compensation or sickness compensation.
The application for housing supplement should be sent to Pensionsmyndigheten from the month you turn 66. If you are married or living with a partner that is 66 years old and receiving general pension, both of you shall apply with Pensionsmyndigheten.
Pensionsmyndigheten (pensionsmyndigheten.se)
External link, opens in new window.
If you are married or living with a partner you can not use the e-service. Use the form below. The same applies if your wife or partner has protected identity.
5199 Apply for housing supplement (in Swedish)
Pdf, 824 kB.
If you are special representative (god man)
Apply on My Pages if your client is single. Select Representative of a private individual in the list and fill in your own social security number.
Log in to my pages as special representative
External link.
Apply on form if your client is married or living with a partner:
3. Decision
If your application is complete, it will normally take 3 months before you receive a decision on housing supplement. In order for us to be able to take a decision on housing supplement, you must have received a decision on activity compensation or sickness compensation.
Usually you can receive housing supplement for as long as you receive activity compensation or sickness compensation. However, your housing supplement will not be automatically extended when you get a new decision on sickness compensation or activity compensation. Therefore, submit a new application for housing supplement if you want to continue to receive it.
4. Disbursement
Information about when you receive your payments:
Utbetalningsdatum och handläggningstider (in Swedish) External link.
Notify us if anything changes
It is important that you inform us if your income or living situation changes. Notify us as soon as possible, but within no more than 14 days. We can then make sure you receive the right amount of benefit. If you receive too much money, you may be obligated to pay money back later.
Report using My pages (Mina sidor) if
- your rent changes
- you have new home loan costs or a new leasehold fee
- you have a change in income or wealth
- you move
- someone moves in or moves out of your home, for example, a child.
If you are married or living with a partner you can not use the e-service. Use the form below. The same applies if your wife or partner has protected identity.
5141 Report changed information – if you are receiving housing supplement (in Swedish) Pdf, 845 kB.
If you have married or started living with someone
Submit a new application on My pages:
You can not use the e-service if anyone of you have protected identity. Use the form:
Report on My pages if your client is single and:
- your rent changes
- you have new home loan costs or a new leasehold fee
- you have a change in income or wealth
- you move
- someone moves in or moves out of your home, for example, a child.
Select Representative of a private individual in the list and fill in your own social security number.
Log in to my pages as special representative External link.
Apply on form 5199 if your client is married or living with a partner:
5199 Apply for housing supplement (in Swedish) Pdf, 824 kB.
Apply on form 5141 if your client is married or living with a partner:
- your rent changes
- you have new home loan costs or a new leasehold fee
- you have a change in income or wealth
- you move
- someone moves in or moves out of your home, for example, a child.
5141 Report changed information – if you are receiving housing supplement (in Swedish) Pdf, 845 kB.
