Wohnberechtigungsschein

Do you qualify for a WBS?

Roughly half of Berlin's affordable stock can only be let to a household holding a WBS at the right tier. It is free, it takes weeks, and the flats take minutes — so the answer is worth having before you start looking.

Your household

Adults

Children A “child” here means one under EStG §32 — which can include an adult child up to 25 still in education.

Gross annual income

Before tax, per earner, per year. Up to three earners.

Earner 1

€ / year

Earner 2

€ / year

Earner 3

€ / year

What the household actually pays

Each of these is worth a 10 % deduction under WoFG §23(1) — but only if it is actually paid. A Minijob or a pension often means some of them are not, so we ask rather than assume.

In employment or training? Earns the Werbungskostenpauschale.

Pays income tax?

Statutory health insurance?

Statutory pension contributions?

Allowances you are entitled to

Freibeträge under WoFG §24, deducted last. Tick only the ones that genuinely apply — the conditions are the statute's, not ours.

4.500 € — Severe disability, degree 100 (or 80+ with home care)
Per person with a degree of disability of 100, or at least 80 together with a home care need under SGB XI §14. Claim once per qualifying person. · WoFG §24 Abs. 1 Nr. 2; SGB XI §14

4.000 € — Young married couple
Within 5 calendar years of marriage, where neither spouse has reached 40. · WoFG §24 Abs. 1 Nr. 1

2.100 € — Severe disability under degree 80 with home care
Per person with a degree of disability below 80 together with a home care need under SGB XI §14. Claim once per qualifying person. · WoFG §24 Abs. 1 Nr. 3; SGB XI §14

600 € — Single parent in work or training (per child)
Per child UNDER 12, only where a single parent lives alone with the children and is absent for employment or training. Ages are not checked here, so claim it only for children who qualify. · WoFG §24 Abs. 1 Nr. 4

600 € — Household child aged 16 to under 25 with own income (per child)
Up to 600 EUR per such child, and only up to the amount of that child’s own income. · WoFG §24 Abs. 1 Nr. 5

Free. Nothing is sent anywhere. This is not an application.