Benefits and allowances in the Region of Attica

Reduced or waived fees for municipal cultural and sports classes on social/economic grounds (Municipality of Agia Varvara)

Residents of Agia Varvara on a low income, unemployed, single parents or people with a disability can get reduced fees or free attendance at the municipality's cultural and sports classes, after an application and a social-work assessment. Unemployment-card holders and families with three or more children or a single parent get 50% off.

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).

Alimos Citizen Card — Free Entry to the Municipal Organised Beach "Akti tou Iliou"

Registered citizens of Alimos get free entry to the organised beach "Akti tou Iliou" with the Citizen Card, valid until 2029. The card is issued on application (ID copy and 2 photos) by email, at A.DI.P.AL. or online; children aged 0-5 do not need a card.

ARTEMIS CARD — Marousi citizen/resident privilege card

Registered citizens and residents of Marousi can get the ARTEMIS CARD with a simple application at the Town Hall. It gives discounts on the municipality's cultural events and Arts and Culture Centre programmes, and discounts at partner shops, clinics and diagnostic centres.

One-off Child Birth Allowance, Municipality of Aspropyrgos

The Municipality of Aspropyrgos pays a one-off grant of €1,000 to €2,000 for every child born, with no income test, when the parent who applies is a registered citizen and permanent resident of the municipality.

One-off Grant for New University Students Admitted Outside Attica — Municipality of Aspropyrgos

The Municipality of Aspropyrgos pays a one-off €1,000 (family income up to €12,000) or €500 (above €12,000) to registered citizens admitted in 2026–2027 through the Panhellenic exams to a university department outside Attica. Apply to the Municipality by 27/11/2026 with a certificate of enrolment.

Citizen Card — Municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni

Free card for registered citizens of the Municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni: 20% off at Lake Vouliagmeni, free or reduced entry to municipal beaches, free parking in some spaces and discounts at local businesses.

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Vrilissia: exemption or 50% cut in cleaning and water fees for vulnerable groups

For 2026 the Municipality of Vrilissia fully waives or halves the municipal cleaning fees and the water charge for the first 30 m³ for people with disabilities, large and three-child families, single parents, needy people, the unemployed and GMI recipients, depending on income.

Free Microchipping, Sterilisation and Vaccination of Pets for Vulnerable Groups and Shepherd Dogs (Law 4830/2021)

People with disabilities, large families (4+ children), families with 3 children, single-parent families, registered unemployed people, recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income and owners of sheepdogs can have their dog or cat identified (microchipped), registered, neutered and vaccinated free of charge through their municipality. Each municipality specifies the categories and may set income criteria.

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Municipal Nurseries: Free Attendance or Reduced Monthly Fees for Low-income, Large and Single-parent Families (per Municipality)

Municipalities that run nurseries select children by a points system and set monthly fees with exemptions or discounts (low income, large families, single parents, disability). In some municipalities the exemptions apply only to families who do not receive, or were refused, the EETAA (ESPA) childcare voucher.

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Birth package of the Municipality of Elliniko-Argyroupoli (€1,000–3,000 and exemptions)

For every child born from 1 January 2027 to a family of registered citizens and permanent residents, the Municipality of Elliniko-Argyroupoli will pay a one-off €1,000 (€2,000 with family income up to €20,000, €3,000 for families registered with the Social Grocery), together with an exemption from municipal fees and free municipal nurseries. The decision awaits approval by the Decentralised Administration of Attica.

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First-Child Grant — Municipality of Heraklion (Attica)

Permanent residence in the Municipality of Irakleio Attikis (not Heraklion, Crete), first child born in 2020 or later.

Newborn Financial Support — Municipality of Kallithea

Permanent residence in the Municipality of Kallithea (at least 2 years), recent birth of a child (from 1/7/2024).

Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona)

The Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona exempts from municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the main residence: people in financial hardship, people with a disability of 67% or more, unemployed people continuously registered with DYPA for more than 6 months, large families (4+ children), families with three children and single-parent families, with an income limit for each category.

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Free coach for Kifisia students to EKPA, UniWA and the University of Piraeus

The Municipality of Kifisia runs a free coach for students living in Kifisia, Nea Erythraia and Ekali to the EKPA campus and, from 2026-27, to the University of West Attica and the University of Piraeus. Applications are made every September.

Applications closed

Kifisia support programme for families having a child from 1 January 2027

From 1/1/2027 the Municipality of Kifisia will pay EUR 1,000 to 3,000, scaled by income, to families on its roll who have a child, with one parent a citizen and resident for at least 2 consecutive years, plus a 1-year municipal-fee exemption for family income up to EUR 40,000. The income bands have not been set yet.

Upcoming

Chios-Kythira Pass 2026

Tax residents of Greece (income tax return for tax year 2024) adults, for a destination where they do not have their main residence (Chios residents can take the Kythira Pass and vice versa) — areas hit by the wildfires of June/August 2025 (Chios) and July 2025 (Kythira)

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DEYA Lavreotiki: 50% off the household water tariff for the needy, three-child, large and single-parent families and disability 67%+

DEYA Lavreotiki cuts the household water charge by 50% for the needy, three-child families (income up to €15,000), large families (up to €20,000), single-parent families (up to €15,000) and people with a disability of 67% to 100% (up to €20,000).

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School-supplies Gift Vouchers for 1st-grade Pupils, Municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki

Every September the Municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki gives school-supplies gift vouchers to the families of all 1st-grade pupils of the municipality's primary schools, with no income test.

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Marathon municipal cleaning/lighting and water fee reductions for vulnerable groups

The Municipality of Marathon cuts the cleaning and lighting fees of the main home by 30% for needy people, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80%+, three-child and large families under certain income limits. It also cuts the water tariff by 30% or 40% for three-child and large families, people with disabilities, single-parent families and solidarity-card holders.

Discounted or free municipal sports programmes, Municipality of Moschato-Tavros

Residents and citizens of Moschato-Tavros from low-income three-child, large or single-parent families, students and second family members pay half the fee for the municipal sports programmes. People with a disability of 67%+, families with a disabled member and needy or unemployed people on a low income take part for free.

Social Meals and Social Grocery, Municipality of Nea Smyrni

A free daily meal (Monday to Friday, delivered at home for people who cannot get about for health reasons) and a free package of food and basic goods for low-income residents of Nea Smyrni. Apply with supporting documents to the municipality's Social Service.

Meal Programme for Vulnerable Groups, Municipality of Nikaia – Agios Ioannis Rentis (home-delivered meal)

One free meal a day, delivered at home, for lonely, infirm and elderly people with no financial means and no family to support them. The municipality's social workers decide who joins (tel. 2132004814, 2132004821).

Flat low water price of €0.70 for large families and the needy (Municipality of Paiania, 2026)

The Municipality of Paiania charges large families and needy people a flat €0.70 per m³ for all consumption, while the general tariff rises in bands up to €2.55 per m³.

Pallini: reduced water price of €0.65 per cubic metre for vulnerable groups (2026)

For 2026 the Municipality of Pallini charges use from 21 to 60 cubic metres per four months at €0.65 per cubic metre (instead of €0.80) for disabled people, large, three-child and single-parent families, people in financial hardship and the long-term unemployed, within income limits.

Perama EUR 1,000 allowance for every new birth

The Municipality of Perama announced a EUR 1,000 allowance for every new child of registered citizens, not only the first and with no income criteria, funded in the 2027 budget. The terms and procedure have not been announced yet.

Upcoming

Municipal Newborn Care Package / First-Necessity Items for New Mothers

Recent birth of a child.

Free Gym Training for Economically Vulnerable Residents (Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi)

Free training at the gym of the Rafina Municipal Swimming Pool, Monday–Friday 08:00–14:00. Only for economically vulnerable permanent residents of the Municipality, subject to income criteria.

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Rafina-Pikermi vulnerable-groups tariff: reduced water and 50% off municipal fees (2026)

For 2026 the Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi gives large, three-child and single-parent families, people with a 67%+ disability, the long-term unemployed, the needy and EEE recipients roughly half-price water and 50% off cleaning-lighting fees, within low income limits.

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Dementia Counselling Station, Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi

Free cognitive assessment, non-drug therapy groups for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, prevention groups for healthy older people, and counselling/training for carers, from the Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi.

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50%-100% cut in water fixed charges and bands for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Spetses, 2026)

The Municipality of Spetses cuts the water fixed charges and first consumption bands by 50% to 100% for needy people, the long-term unemployed, people with a disability of 67% or more, single-parent, three-child and large families.

60% cut in municipal and water charges for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Troizinia-Methana, 2026)

For 2026 the Municipality of Troizinia-Methana cuts by 60% the cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage charges of the main home for registered citizens with a disability of 67% or more, large and three-child families, single-parent families and needy people, with income limits.

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One-off Child Birth Grant, Municipality of Hydra

The Municipality of Hydra pays a one-off €3,000 for every child born to a family permanently living on Hydra, when at least one parent is a registered citizen and family income is under the limit (€50,000, +€10,000 for each existing child).

Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Hydra)

The Municipality of Hydra grants a full or 50% exemption from the municipal cleaning and street-lighting fees to people in need, large families (4+ children), families with 3 children, single-parent families, people with a disability of 67% or more and beneficiaries of the Social Residential Tariff, with income limits per category.

Cut or exemption from water, cleaning and lighting charges for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Oropos)

The Municipality of Oropos cuts by 30%-70% or exempts from the water, cleaning and lighting charges of the main home single-parent, three-child and large families, needy people, families with a disability of 80% or more and social electricity tariff holders, for all residents.