Bono Alquiler Joven and rent aid in Spain: am I eligible?

The IPREM is the yardstick Spanish authorities use to measure income for benefits. In 2026 it is still €600 a month because the 2023 Budget, which set it in its 90th additional provision, remains rolled over. Housing aid multiplies it by 14 payments: €8,400 a year. So 3 times the IPREM is €25,200 and 5 times is €42,000.

The figure compared is the one in your latest income tax return whose filing deadline has passed. If you are self-employed, the Bono takes your net business income before the reductions in article 32 of the Income Tax Act. The IPREM calculator does the division and checks it against each aid.

Neither the Ministry nor this site takes applications: each region publishes its call in its official gazette and handles it on its e-government site. The royal decrees ask for calls that stay open continuously, but in practice many regions open a window of a few weeks and close it when the money runs out. The calls calendar brings together the dates for all 19 regions and autonomous cities, with a link to each gazette.

Get the paperwork ready first: DNI or NIE, lease, padrón certificate, employment record and bank account. The document checklist adapts to your situation.

If you move within the same region, or to another province, you must report it within 15 days of signing the new lease, and you keep the Bono if the new flat meets the rules. If you move to another region, the destination region may keep paying the Bono until the 24 months are complete; the rent can then reach €900 and income 4 times the IPREM (article 6.3).

Any change in your income or lease must be reported straight away. If you stop qualifying, the region stops the aid from that date and may claim back anything overpaid.

Article 2 of Royal Decree 42/2022 and article 1.5 of Royal Decree 326/2026 exclude the two foral regions, which fund their housing policy through their own tax system. The national Bono Alquiler Joven does not exist there, but both run regional youth rent schemes with their own rules. Their pages, Basque Country and Navarre, explain what is on offer and where to apply.

The aid you receive is taxed as a capital gain in the general tax base, in the year you receive it and with no withholding, according to the Spanish Tax Agency manual. If it exceeds €1,000 in the year, you must file a return even on a low income. The tax page works it out. Separately, Royal Decree-law 29/2026 created a national 10% rent deduction for low taxable incomes, still awaiting validation.