Cost-sharing means that you receive lower social assistance if you live in the same home with other people. The more people that live in this home, the lower your benefits will be.
It does not matter how much income the other people have. If you live together, you can split the living costs. That is why the municipality assumes that you need less money.
Cost-sharing applies when you:
If cost-sharing applies or not entirely depends on who is on benefits and with who they live together.
A family consists of:
All 3 receive social assistance and live together in 1 home.
Cost-sharing does not apply to the parents.
Their son is younger than 27 and is therefore not seen as a cost-sharer.
The parents have a right to the usual married couple's allowance.
Cost-sharing does apply to the son.
He is older than 21 years and lives together with 2 adults over the age of 27.
Therefore, cost-sharing is applied and he will receive 43.33% of the married couple's allowance.
Cost-sharing does not apply to the parents, because they live together with a child younger than 27.
Cost-sharing does apply to the child, because he lives together with adults over the age of 27.
Cost-sharing does not apply to:
If a child becomes 18 years old, their child benefits (kinderbijslag) and child-related budget (kindgebonden budget) stop. The child will then have to have their own health insurance and pay their excess.