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.
Rent and basic-needs subsidy, psychosocial support, work and training subsidy; savings up to €12,600
Who can get it
Official evidence · stegasi.gov.gr, Στέγαση και Εργασία για αστέγους ΙΙΙ: «Ισχύει για τους παρακάτω Δήμους» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · stegasi.gov.gr: «Άτομα και οικογένειες που διαβιούν σε συνθήκες έλλειψης στέγης και ειδικότερα: …» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · stegasi.gov.gr: «Η αίτηση υποβάλλεται στους κατά τόπον αρμόδιους Δήμους και Κέντρα Κοινωνικής Πρόνοιας … Χωρίς καθορισμένα εισοδηματικά κριτήρια, με λήψη υπ’ όψιν των Ε1 και Ε9» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Based on official sources. For the latest criteria, contact the relevant authority.
How to apply
The steps to apply yourself. Free: you don’t need to pay anyone.
Required Documents
Proof of stay in a shelter or free public housing, or a social-service certificate of street homelessness or unfit housing
Social worker's report
Assessment report by a social worker of the implementing body
Tax return, tax assessment and recent E9
ID card or residence permit
Profile of adult household members and a social reintegration plan
Application form
Step by step
- 1
Contact your municipality's social service
Or the Community Centre, a Social Welfare Centre or EOPAE, if your municipality takes part.
- 2
Social assessment
A social worker writes a report and a reintegration plan; you join when a place is available.
Authority: Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής
Good to know
- Sign in to gov.gr with your TAXISnet codes. You sign in ONLY through the official government page. Never enter your codes anywhere else.
- Fill in and submit the application. Enter your details, upload anything requested and submit. Keep the protocol number.
- Track your application. Progress and the final decision appear in your account on the authority / gov.gr.
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What it is
The Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family's «Housing and Work for the Homeless III» programme is for people and families living without a home. It gives a rent and basic-needs subsidy, psychosocial support and links to services, and subsidised work and training (savings up to €12,600). It runs from spring 2025 to December 2028.
Who: people in transitional homeless shelters and night shelters; people recorded by the municipal social service as living on the street or in unfit housing; women in shelters for victims of violence without access to housing; people in temporary housing of certified addiction-treatment programmes (law 4139/2013) without access to housing; people living in a home provided free of charge by a public body.
No set income or age criteria; tax forms E1 and E9 are taken into account. Apply at a participating municipality (89), a Social Welfare Centre or the National Organisation for the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions.
Lifecycle*
ActiveTime-limited programme
- Active until
*Cycles, deadlines, and availability may change regularly. Always confirm with the official source before applying.
Benefit details
- Provider
- Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής
- Category
- Housing
- Status
- Active
- Type of benefit
- Service / In-kind
Details last verified: 12/10/2026