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How to apply for the rent-controlled housing of private tenure
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Direction de l’Habitat
10 bis, quai Antoine 1er
BP 631
MC 98013 MONACO CEDEX
Rent-controlled housing of private tenure :
(+377) 98 98 80 08
(+377) 98 98 44 81
Fax : (+377) 98 98 20 06
Opening Hours : from 9.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday
Principle and conditions
People who are registered as "protected" can reply to rental offers published in the Journal Officiel de Monaco.
Protected people have the possibility of requesting housing aid:
- National Housing Aid for people of Monegasque nationality
- Differential Rent Allowance , for people who are not Monegasque
To be recognised as a "protected person", your income (for categories II to IV) must not exceed a ceiling set each year by Sovereign Ordinance.
You can be registered as a "protected person" in the order of priority for access to housing set out below:
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Obtaining and completing the application as a protected person
To get this form you can either:
- Download it here
- Or collect it from Housing Department
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Collating documents justifying your status
Monegasque nationality
A certificate of nationality, available from Monaco Town Hall
If you have a Monegasque natural parent
- A certificate of the nationality of this parent, available from Monaco Town Hall
- A birth certificate or declaration of filiation, available from Monaco Town Hall
The father or mother of a Monegasque minor
- A copy of your family record booklet
- A certificate of nationality of the minor, to be requested from Monaco Town Hall
Spouse, widower or widow of a Monegasque national
- A copy of the death certificate of the Monegasque spouse or partner
- A nationality certificate for the deceased Monegasque spouse or partner, issued by Monaco Town Hall
Divorced from a Monegasque national and the father or mother of a child born from that union
- A copy of the Family record booklet
- A copy of the divorce ruling
If you were born in Monaco, have lived there since birth and one of your parents was also living in Monaco at the time of your birth
- Your birth certificate or declaration of filiation, available from Monaco Town Hall
- A certificate of residence in the Principality of Monaco, available from the Police Department
- A certificate of residence of one of the parents (father or mother), available from the Police Department
If you have been resident in Monaco for at least forty consecutive years
A certificate of residence in the Principality for the applicant, available from the Police Department.
Disabled or people aged over 65 and you have been residing in Monaco for at least forty consecutive years
- A certificate of residence in the Principality for the applicant, available from the Police Department
- Any documents justifying your state of health
The spouse or main occupier of residential premises subject to Ordinance-Law No 669 of 17th September 1959 or modified Law No. 1.118 of 18th July 1988
- A copy of the lease
- A copy of the Family record booklet if relevant
Les personnes qui résident à Monaco depuis au moins quarante années sans interruption
- un certificat de résidence en Principauté du requérant, délivré par la Sûreté Publique
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Collating complementary documents
If you are a Monegasque national
You do not have to supply any supporting documents.
If you are not a Monegasque national
The supporting documents must cover all the income received over the past twelve months by the applicant and members of the household.
You may be asked for additional supporting documents when your application is examined.
- A declaration of your net salary and any bonuses, to be requested from your employer
- A declaration of daily payments (sickness, maternity, accident at work, invalidity)
- A full copy of your latest income tax notice, if relevant
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A certificate of ownership or non-ownership certificate
Demande de Relevé de Propriété (362-0022_06-2020)
If you have children:
- A statement of the amount of family allowances and social benefits and prenatal allowances
If you are divorced:
- A complete copy of the divorce ruling, related agreements and, if applicable, any subsequent rulings
- An up-to-date statement showing maintenance and contributions to the education and maintenance of your children (paid or received)
- A statement of unemployment benefit, available from the Employment Office, the Employment Agency (Pôle Emploi) and the Social Protection Unit (DASS)
- A declaration of daily payments (sickness, maternity, accident at work, invalidity)
- A full copy of your latest income tax notice, if relevant
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A certificate of ownership or non-ownership certificate
Demande de Relevé de Propriété (362-0022_01-2012)
If you have children:
- A statement of the amount of family allowances and social benefits and prenatal allowances
If you are divorced:
- A complete copy of the divorce ruling, related agreements and, if applicable, any subsequent rulings
- An up-to-date statement showing maintenance and contributions to the education and maintenance of your children (paid or received)
- A statement of direct pensions and payments from pension funds
- A declaration of the amount of various social benefits (Social Funds, Social Protection Unit, City Hall, Red Cross, charities, etc.)
- A full copy of your latest income tax notice, if relevant
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A certificate of ownership or non-ownership certificate
Demande de Relevé de Propriété (362-0022_01-2012)
If you have children:
- A statement of the amount of family allowances and social benefits and prenatal allowances
If you are divorced:
- A complete copy of the divorce ruling, related agreements and, if applicable, any subsequent rulings
- An up-to-date statement showing maintenance and contributions to the education and maintenance of your children (paid or received)
- A sworn declarationof accounts for each activity for the past financial year
- A sworn declaration stating the amount of income received during the aforementioned period, as per the following model
Attestation sur l'honneur - professions non salariées (362-0029_12-2021)
- A full copy of your latest income tax notice, if relevant
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A certificate of ownership or non-ownership certificate
Demande de Relevé de Propriété (362-0022_01-2012)
If you have children:
- A statement of the amount of family allowances and social benefits and prenatal allowances
If you are divorced:
- A complete copy of the divorce ruling, related agreements and, if applicable, any subsequent rulings
- An up-to-date statement showing maintenance and contributions to the education and maintenance of your children (paid or received)
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Submitting the application
Your application must be submitted to the Housing Department.
It must be accompanied by the supporting documents necessary for the application and duly completed.
The Housing Department. will advise the applicant of the admissibility of his or her request or the reason for refusal.
If your registration as a "protected person" is approved, the reply letter will mention the category in which the applicant is registered and will give a reminder of the procedure to follow with regard to rental offers .
See also
Forms
File
Legal References
- Ordinance-law no. 669 of 17 September 1959 amending and codifying legislation pertaining to rental conditions for residential premises
- Act no. 1.235 of 28 December pertaining to rental conditions for certain residential premises which were built or completed before 1 September 1947, amended
- Ordinance no. 5.493 of 16 September 2015 modifying the Act no. 1.235 of 28 December pertaining to rental conditions for certain residential premises which were built or completed before 1 September 1947, amended and specifying thresholds for resources attributed to protected people
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