apoio extraordinário à renda

Published 30 October 2026, 20:39

apoio extraordinário à renda (extraordinary rent support)

A non-repayable monthly payment of up to €200 for people whose rent takes up 35% of their income or more. The amount is the difference between the rent and 35% of average monthly income, where average monthly income means 1/14 of annual income on the IRS assessment. All the following conditions must be met: tax residence in Portugal; a rental or sublet contract for your main home registered with the tax authority; annual income no higher than the top of the sixth IRS band (€41,629 on the 2025 scale, €43,090 on the 2026 scale). The contract must have been signed no later than 15 March 2023, unless the previous contract was ended by the landlord and a new one was signed with the same tenant for the same home. You do not need to apply: IHRU grants the payment itself, Segurança Social pays it by the 20th of each month, and the tax authority supplies the data and sends a letter with the calculation. Amounts under €20 a month are paid every six months.

Where you come across it. Rent takes up more than a third of your income; a letter from the tax authority with the calculation of the payment; finding out why it was not granted.

The calculation is based on the latest completed IRS assessment, that is, on income from the year before last, so you may receive the money one year and not the next. You can see your figures in the Portal Consulta Cidadão account on the housing portal: that is also where you object, within 60 days of the letter or, if no letter came at all, by the last working day of March.

Official website: portaldahabitacao.pt/web/guest/apextrrendalandingpage1

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