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Housing and rent benefits in Greece
Housing allowances, rent support and help acquiring or maintaining a home.
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Renovate - Rent Out
Grant for renovating an empty home (up to 100 m²), with an obligation to let it on a long-term lease for 3 years. It covers 60% of the renovation cost, up to €8,100. Open for applications on a rolling basis since 8/4/2024.
Body: Πύλη Στεγαστικής Πολιτικής — Ανακαινίζω–Νοικιάζω
Housing Benefit
Monthly rent subsidy for the main residence (€70-210) for low-income households.
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
Housing Assistance Allowance for Uninsured Elderly
Uninsured elderly people aged 67 or over (or couples where one partner is 67+) who rent their main residence
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
Two Months' Rent Refund for Teachers, Doctors and Nurses Serving in the Regions (Article 70A)
You rent your main or second home outside Attica/Thessaloniki.
Body: Stegasi.gov.gr — Επιστροφή Δύο Ενοικίων σε Εκπαιδευτικούς, Ιατρούς και Νοσηλευτές της Περιφέρειας
Rent Refund
An annual refund of one declared month's rent for a main or student home, paid automatically by the end of November.
Body: Πύλη Στεγαστικής Πολιτικής — Επιστροφή Ενοικίου
Social Housing for the Most Vulnerable Groups in Thessaloniki
Renovation of 40 empty public homes in Metropolitan Thessaloniki, let at reduced rent to vulnerable households. The renovation has been completed and the homes are already being allocated.
Body: Δήμος
Relocation to Evros, Macedonia and Epirus: €10,000
Support of €10,000, in two instalments of €5,000, for people who move their main residence to municipalities in Evros, Drama, Florina, Kilkis, Serres, Pella, Kastoria, Kozani, Grevena, Ioannina or Thesprotia. Applications from 14/10/2026 at relocation.vouchers.gov.gr.
Body: ΦΕΚ Β΄ 6139/09.10.2026 — ΚΥΑ 22695/2026 (Πρόγραμμα Δημογραφικής Ανάπτυξης)
Housing and Work for the Homeless III
Rent and basic-needs subsidy, psychosocial support, subsidised work and training for people and families living without a home, in 89 participating municipalities. You join through the municipality's social service, until December 2028.
Body: Πύλη Στεγαστικής Πολιτικής — Στέγαση και Εργασία για αστέγους ΙΙΙ
Housing for Hellenic Air Force Career Personnel
Housing for serving Hellenic Air Force military personnel in military quarters in the area where they serve.
Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής & Οικογένειας (πύλη oikogeneia.gov.gr)
Upcoming(2)
Not open for applications yet.
Sewage Network Connection Subsidy (ESPA 2021-2027 Cohesion Fund)
You hold a right in rem (full ownership/usufruct/bare ownership) in the building.
Body: ΥΠΕΝUpcoming
My Home III — New Subsidised Mortgage Programme for a First Home
A new subsidised mortgage programme for buying a first home, worth EUR 2 billion for 40,000 cases, with a higher age limit. It was announced to start in early January 2027; the terms have not been published yet.
Body: Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας (primeminister.gr) — ομιλία στην 90ή ΔΕΘUpcoming
Under review(2)
This information has not been checked by us yet — please confirm it at the official source.
Exoikonomo 2026 (new home energy-efficiency subsidy)
A new home energy-upgrade programme announced in September 2026; its terms (who qualifies, which homes, amounts) have not been published yet.
Body: Υπ. ΠεριβάλλοντοςUnder review
"Kalypsi" (Coverage) housing assistance programme
Members of households receiving the Guaranteed Minimum Income (EEE), aged 25–39 on 31.03.2023 (about 28–43 today). The programme's flats come from former ESTIA II/ESTIA 2021 housing units.
Body: ΔΥΠΑUnder review
Ended(6)
Rounds that have closed. Kept for reference; they no longer accept applications.
Home Renovation Grant (ESPA 2021-2027)
State grant for the renovation and light energy upgrade of old homes (closed homes, or homes already lived in as a main residence), for households on low or middle incomes. The grant covers 70-95% depending on income category and increases, up to €36,000. Eligibility certificates closed on 30/09/2026; funding applications have not opened yet.
Body: Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών (ΕΣΠΑ 2021-2027)Ended
Save Energy 2025
Subsidy up to 80% for residential energy upgrades: insulation, windows, heat pumps, solar water heaters, RES.
Body: Εξοικονομώ 2025 — ανακοίνωση παράτασης ολοκλήρωσηςEnded
Social Housing for the Most Vulnerable Groups – Municipality of Athens (reduced-rent renovated flats)
Pilot programme of Athens Development Agency renting renovated flats at reduced rent, for at least 4 years, to households of the Municipality of Athens in housing insecurity. Applications for the 14 homes closed on 05/09/2025.
Body: Αναπτυξιακή Αθήνας Α.Ε. (Δήμος Αθηναίων)Ended
My Home II
Low-interest Recovery Fund housing loans for buying a first home, for individuals and families aged 25–50. The application period has ended.
Ended
Roma Inclusion Housing Program (36-Month Rent Subsidy)
Roma households registered with Community Centres/Roma Branches, without a property of their own
Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής ΣυνοχήςEnded
Public Deposits & Loans Fund — Reward for Consistent Borrowers (legacy TPD housing loans)
You have an active housing (mortgage) loan from the Consignment Deposits and Loans Fund (granted to civil servants/pensioners before 2014 — no new loans have been granted since then) and you are repaying it normally or have a debt settlement in force. · The refund is made automatically every six months to the IBAN you have declared; you only need to have declared a bank account to the Fund.
Body: Ταμείο Παρακαταθηκών & ΔανείωνEnded