Home supplement is an addition to the pension payments. It is added to disability pension, rehabilitation and old-age pension of pensionsers living alone in Iceland.
General
You need to be:
single, neither in cohabiting nor married,
You can receive a home allowance if you live:
in your own home,
in rental housing,
with children under 18 years of age,
with young people aged 18 to 25 years in school or training,
married, but whose spouse lives in a nursing home.
Housing and living conditions
Your home must have cooking and toilet facilities for private use.
If you share cooking or toilet facilities with others, you do not count as living alone.
You must have a legal domicile where you live.
Unspecified legal domicile
If you live in a place where you cannot register your legal domicile, you must register your legal domicile in the national registry. For example, if you live in a guesthouse, a summerhouse or similar place where you cannot register your legal domicile.
A municipal official must confirm your residence with TR. For example, municipal manager, social worker, doctor or other public authority.
Notify Changes
It is important to report changes to your residence to TR. For example, if you move, move into a co-habitation or someone moves their legal domicile to you.
Service provider
Social Insurance Administration