Additional housing support for residents of Grindavík
The objective of the additional housing support is to support temporarily in particular Grindvíkingar, who live in rental housing and are under certain income and property limits, to reduce housing costs while seeking more permanent solutions to their housing problems.
The measure is temporary until the end of the next year. Applications for the support for renting a home can be made between 1 April 2025 and 30 November 2025.
The measure includes the service team of Grindavík providing the person concerned with an individualized social advice with the aim of identifying the housing problem of the person concerned and seeking more permanent solutions to it. The service team will therefore, among other things, assist the person concerned in the search for a more economical home. The team will also provide information and guidance on social rights issues and appropriate support in other ways. The service team is facilitated in connecting the person concerned into social resources in their municipality during the period of the additional housing support.
Comprehensive social advice will be provided, including in the following areas:
financial advice,
assistance in the search for suitable housing or other more permanent solutions to the housing problem of the person concerned;
employment and occupational guidance,
psychosocial support for the processing of trauma.
Additional housing support is conditional on the person attending regular meetings for social advice from the service team and working according to their individual schedule during the period.
The additional housing support will expire when a permanent solution has been found to the person's housing problem.
To qualify for additional housing support, the household's annual income must be within the following income limits:
Number of household members, regardless of age | Maximum total annual household income for persons 18 years of age and older |
1 | 11,476,421 ISK |
2 | 15,263,648 ISK |
3 | 17,788,461 ISK |
4 | 19,280,391 ISK |
5 | 20,887,094 ISK |
6 or more in a household | 22,493.788 ISK |
To qualify for additional housing support, the total assets of the household may not exceed ISK 20 million. In exceptional cases, additional housing support may be granted even if the assets are larger, in the case of very low income households.
For further information, please contact the Grindvíking service team.
Borgartúni 33
Tel: 545-0200
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Service provider
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