Triple relief from the housing burden they are called to bear is expected to be received in the coming period by approximately 50,000 doctors, nurses and teachers serving in regional areas, through the rent rebate measure. According to the plan, the relevant provision is expected to be submitted to Parliament in the coming days, which will provide for the retroactive payment of one month’s rent for 2024, with the first payment to be made by early summer. At the same time, in November 2026, two rent rebates are planned to be granted, which will cover the expenses of the year 2025.
Triple rent rebate for doctors, nurses, teachers in regional areas: Up to 800 euros amount, increase based on dependent children
Beneficiaries of the measure will be doctors, nurses and teachers who rent accommodation away from their permanent place of residence, excluding those serving in Attica and Thessaloniki. In total, three rent payments per eligible employee are planned within the year, as part of efforts to boost disposable income and address the increased cost of housing in regional areas.
The payment will be made without income criteria, so that the measure works as an incentive for staff retention and attraction in these areas. The amount of the rebate is calculated based on the general framework that applies to the rebate of one rent payment from last November, which was implemented for the first time.
Thus, the maximum amount for primary residence amounts to 800 euros, with an increase of 50 euros for each dependent child. At the same time, the amount of each rebate cannot exceed 1/12 of the total annual rental expense declared to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue to ensure that the assistance corresponds to the actual monthly rent.
A basic prerequisite is that the rented residence must be located within the same Regional Unit where the beneficiary serves, so that the assistance is directly linked to the actual housing need at the workplace. The amount of each rebate cannot exceed 800 euros, unless the tenant is also burdened with dependent children, in which case for each of these children they will be entitled to an additional maximum rebate limit of 50 euros.
However, for a tenant to receive the maximum amount of the benefit, i.e., 800 euros plus 50 euros for each dependent child, the monthly rent for primary residence paid during 2024 or 2025 must have exceeded 800 euros and additionally the payments must have been made for all 12 months of the year.
If there were more than one successive leases, the amount of assistance is calculated based on the sum of the rents paid.
How payments will be made
For the triple rent rebate to be made, it is required:
The Declaration of Rental Information Elements (“Lease Agreement”) for the property must have been submitted to the IAPR.
The number of this declaration must have been declared in the tax return for tax year 2024 (form E1, Table 6) for the retroactive receipt of assistance for 2024 as well as in the tax return for tax year 2025 that will have been submitted by July 2026 for receiving the double assistance next November. In case of lease modification, it is sufficient to have declared the number of the last lease declaration.
If the lease agreement number has not been declared in the E1, the I.A.P.R. will conduct a cross-check and provided that from the data of the tenant’s income tax declaration and the active rental information declaration submitted to the IAPR, the rental data is identified through the declared electricity supply number, the assistance will be paid normally. The amount of assistance to be paid to each beneficiary will be calculated based on the maximum amount between that which has been contractually agreed (based on the active rental information declaration submitted to the IAPR) and the amount declared by lessors in their income tax declaration.
