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Social Insurance Administration

Home supplement for those receiving pension or allowance and live alone

Amounts

The amounts of the household allowance are:

Disability and rehabilitation pensioners: 69.126 ISK per month before tax.

Pensioners: 92.384 ISKper month before tax.

Half of the pensioners: 46.192 ISK per month before tax.

What affects the amount

If income exceeds the free income limit, the household allowance is reduced.

The percentage of deduction after the free-income limit is reached for:

  • pensioners 11.9%,

  • disability and rehabilitation pensioners 45%.

Home supplement - frequently asked questions

Do I qualify for home pension supplement after a spousal death?

How do I apply for a home allowance for pensioners who live alone?

I need help applying for home pension supplement, had a previous refusal

Does a lease need to be registered with the District Commissioner to receive a home pension supplement?

Do I qualify for a home pension supplement?

Why was an application for home pension supplement denied?

People are registered in the National Registry as living in my home that don't live there and I don't get a home pension supplement, what can I do?

What is the status of my application for home pension supplement?

Home pension supplement - how much do I get paid?

Service provider

So­cial In­sur­ance Ad­min­is­tra­tion

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Additional payments to people with limited old age pension rights