Basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity

Description

Basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity is a special form of social assistance.
However, the scope of benefits basically corresponds to that of assistance for living expenses and includes in particular

• the relevant standard requirement and reasonable costs for accommodation and heating
• any additional needs supplements for certain circumstances
• additional statutory requirements (e.g. one-off requirements)
  

Special features

• application-dependent benefit
• as a rule, no recourse to maintenance payments from children or parents
• Benefits start from the first of the month in which the application is submitted

Special contact points

• Deaf Munich residents should contact the Social Service for the Deaf.
• Munich residents without their own home should contact the Central Assistance Centre for the Homeless.

Prerequisites

Persons who have permanently retired from working life due to old age or permanent full reduction in earning capacity and are unable to support themselves from their own income and assets:

• Persons who have reached the relevant age limit (reaching the age of 65 or the age limit raised in stages from the 1947 birth cohort up to the age of 67).
• Persons who have reached the age of 18 and, irrespective of the respective labour market situation, are permanently fully incapacitated for work within the meaning of statutory pension insurance.

Persons who have reached the age of 18 are also entitled to benefits for the period in which they are undergoing the entry procedure and the vocational training programme in a workshop for disabled people or are working in the work area.

(Jobseekers, persons capable of work and their family members apply for citizen's allowance in accordance with the Social Code - Second Book (SGB II))

Required documents

Proof of

• Income
• Assets
• Accommodation costs

Legal basis

Social Code, Twelfth Book (SGB XII).