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

By decision 776/2025 of the Municipal Council (ADA Ρ9Ξ5Ω6Μ-ΓΡΟ), the Municipality of Athens exempts the following categories from the cleaning and lighting charges on their first (main) residence for 2026, with a limit on the total annual family income (actual or deemed) of the previous tax year: large families: up to €25,000, increased by €10,000 for the third child, €8,000 for the fourth, €6,000 for the fifth and €5,000 for each child beyond the fifth (€43,000 for 4 children); three-child families: up to €35,000; single-parent families: up to €25,000; people with a disability of 80% or more: up to €20,000; people without means, as defined by law, with the document that proves their financial hardship; energy-poor households under the National Energy and Climate Plan (energy use below 80% of the minimum in the Energy Performance Certificate and net income below 60% of the median equivalised income). The electricity bill must be in the beneficiary's name. You need a copy of form E1 and the tax assessment notice and, as the case may be, a family status certificate or a health committee certificate; in later years you bring the new tax assessment notice. Parents who have a child during 2026 have a separate one-year exemption (entry «Municipal fee exemption for new parents»).