Municipality of Athens: benefits, support and services

Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Athens)

The Municipality of Athens exempts from the municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the first (main) residence: large families, three-child families, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80% or more, people without means and energy-poor households, with an income limit for each category.

City of Athens Job Center — Free Career Counselling and Job Matching for Vulnerable Groups

Free personalised employment counselling, links with employers, legal and accounting advice and support with training for residents or δημότες (registered citizens) of Athens from vulnerable groups who are looking for work. Service by referral and appointment (Liosion 22, tel. 2132083640).

Municipal Fee Exemption/Reduction for New Parents (child up to 3 years old)

Your youngest child is up to 3 years old.

Also in Ilioupoli and Petroupoli

Body: Δήμοι (Αθηναίων, Ηλιούπολης, Πετρούπολης)

Free and Reduced Public Transport Fares: OASA (Athens) and OSETH (Thessaloniki)

Free or reduced fares on Athens buses, trolleys, metro, electric railway and tram (OASA) and on OASTH buses and the Thessaloniki Metro (OSETH) for the unemployed, people with a disability of 67% or more, conscripts and uniformed staff, children and young people up to 18, people over 65, students of public institutions and large families, with a personalised card.

Applies in 72 municipalities

Body: ΟΑΣΑ Α.Ε. (ΟΣΥ Α.Ε., ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.) · ΟΣΕΘ Α.Ε. (λεωφορεία ΟΑΣΘ και Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης)

EYDAP – 30% water discount for people over 75 who live alone

EYDAP customers over 75 who live alone, with yearly family income up to €8,000 and a quarterly water bill up to €40, get 30% off their water and sewerage bills and pay no fixed charge.

Applies in 59 municipalities

Body: ΕΥΔΑΠ — Τιμολόγια

EYDAP – Water discount for families with three or more dependent children

Families with three or more dependent children who are EYDAP customers pay for water at the first, cheapest band (€0.35 per m³) up to a monthly consumption limit and pay no fixed water and sewerage charge.

Applies in 59 municipalities

Body: ΕΥΔΑΠ — Τιμολόγια

EYDAP Special Emergency Water Tariff (Law 4389/2016, vulnerable consumers)

EYDAP's Special Emergency Water Tariff for vulnerable households under Law 4389/2016, such as recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (formerly KEA).

Applies in 59 municipalities

Body: ΕΥΔΑΠ

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.

Applies in 89 municipalities

Body: Πύλη Στεγαστικής Πολιτικής — Στέγαση και Εργασία για αστέγους ΙΙΙ