The selection of applicants and the calculation of the amount due are carried out in accordance with the Law on Affordable Housing and the amended Housing Subsidy Law of February 25, 1979.

The eligibility criteria are laid down in Article 55 of the Affordable Housing Act:

Art. 55. Eligibility criteria for applicants and tenants

(1) The conditions for becoming an applicant-tenant for an affordable lease are as follows

1. The applicant-tenant is a natural person of legal age on the day of submitting the application;
2. None of the members of the applicant tenant’s household is the owner, usufructuary, emphyteutical tenant or beneficiary of an undivided right of abode of more than one third of another dwelling in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or abroad;
3. The monthly income of the applicant tenant and of the members of his household is less than or equal to the ceiling of eligibility determined according to the composition of the household, in accordance with the table in Appendix II;
4. The applicant tenant and the members of his or her household have a right of residence for more than three months at the time of application, in accordance with the amended law of 29 August 2008 on the free movement of persons and immigration.

List of documents to be submitted (version of 9.3.2023)

For more information, please contact our Housing Department by phone or e-mail: logement@differdange.lu.

Which apartment for which household?

Restrictions on housing assignments :

* Apartments for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PMR) are available in all housing categories and are allocated according to the size of the household to which the person with reduced mobility belongs.

**Couple: Households with children under the age of 12 are considered couples.

***Child: Child over the age of 12 – By law, children over the age of 12 require a separate bedroom. Children under 12 are not counted. Therefore, a household with a child under the age of 12 is considered a couple.

Eligibility limit for tenant applicants

The monthly income of the household is determined in accordance with Article 56, with the exception of family allowances, which are not taken into account.