Beneficiaries People affected by the cost-of-living benefit

Households with modest incomes (which do not exceed the allocation limits set by the Government in Council regulation) are eligible for the cost-of-living benefit.

Prerequisites

Anyone who wishes to benefit from the cost-of-living benefit must:

• be legally resident in Luxembourg;
• be listed on the main register of the National Registry of Natural Persons (RNPP);
• actually live at the address where they have their place of usual residence;
• have been living in Luxembourg continuously for 12 months before the month in which the application is submitted;
• have a low annual income, either alone, or cumulatively with the persons belonging to their household at the time of submitting the application.

All persons belonging to the household on the date the application is filed are considered as applicants for the benefit for the current year. The applicant in whose name the application is submitted is deemed to be the main applicant.

Excluded persons

The following are not entitled to the cost-of-living benefit / energy allowance:

• persons who received State financial aid for higher education during the 12 months prior to the month in which they submitted the application;
• EU citizens:
  • registered with an approved public or private education institution in Luxembourg, with a view to attending a full-time educational course or a professional training course; and.
  • without medical insurance and sufficient resources to ensure that they or their family members do not become dependent on the social welfare system;

• third-country nationals who have entered Luxembourg as students, pupils, trainees, volunteers or au pairs;
• anyone who is the subject of a preventive detention order or who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, except during the period of day parole, regardless of whether:
  • their sentence has been suspended; or
  • they have been released on parole; or
  • they have been put under electronic monitoring.