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Landkreis Harz: housing benefit office (Wohngeldstelle)

Landkreis Harz is made up of 20 towns and municipalities. Sachsen-Anhalt has 33 housing benefit offices: the districts, the independent cities and larger towns. Your local council can tell you which office is responsible for where you live. The table shows, for each municipality, the office that is usually responsible and the rent level (Mietenstufe).

Land Sachsen-Anhalt: Wohngeld – address, opening hours and online application. All housing benefit offices in Sachsen-Anhalt offer the online first application.

MunicipalityUsually responsibleRent level 2026from 2027 (draft)
Ballenstedt, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Ballenstedt or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Blankenburg (Harz), Stadt Stadtverwaltung Blankenburg or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Ditfurt Stadtverwaltung Ditfurt or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Falkenstein/Harz, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Falkenstein or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Groß Quenstedt Stadtverwaltung Groß Quenstedt or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Halberstadt, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Halberstadt or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council II I
Harsleben / Harschlewe Stadtverwaltung Harsleben or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Harzgerode, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Harzgerode or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Hedersleben Stadtverwaltung Hedersleben or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Huy Stadtverwaltung Huy or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Ilsenburg (Harz), Stadt Stadtverwaltung Ilsenburg or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Nordharz Stadtverwaltung Nordharz or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Oberharz am Brocken, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Oberharz am Brocken or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council II I
Osterwieck, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Osterwieck or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Quedlinburg, Welterbestadt Stadtverwaltung Quedlinburg or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council II I
Schwanebeck, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Schwanebeck or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Selke-Aue Stadtverwaltung Selke-Aue or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Thale, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Thale or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council II I
Wegeleben, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Wegeleben or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council I I
Wernigerode, Stadt Stadtverwaltung Wernigerode or Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Harz – please check with your local council III II

Applying for housing benefit: Landkreis Harz

The application is free of charge. You apply in writing using the official Sachsen-Anhalt form or, where available, online. Housing benefit is paid from the month in which the office receives your application. Application form for Sachsen-Anhalt · Which documents do I need?

How much housing benefit could your household get? Calculate now – or fill in the form with our assistant. Your housing benefit office makes the decision.

Which office is responsible: general rule under state law, given without guarantee; what counts is the information from your local council. Rent levels: Anlage zu § 1 Abs. 3 WoGV; from 2027, BT-Drs. 21/8284 (draft). Municipality directory © Destatis, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung 2.0.