Bono Alquiler Joven 2026: do you qualify, and for how much?
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Pick your region and enter age, rent and household income: the calculator applies articles 6 to 12 of Royal Decree 42/2022.
Bono Alquiler Joven
€250/month
24 months, €6,000 in total (RD 42/2022 arts. 11 and 12).
| Income limit | 3 × IPREM = €25,200 |
| Your counted income | €16,000 (1.9 ×) |
| Rent cap in Madrid region | €900 |
| Call | Open, from 3 February 2025 |
Age up to and including 35 when applying; the Bono does not stack with another rent aid (art. 10).
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Rules read in the BOE and the regional gazettes on 26 October 2026
The Bono Alquiler Joven is a Spanish state grant of 250 euros a month, for 24 months, towards the rent of your flat or your room. It is set out in Royal Decree 42/2022 and run by the regional governments, except in the Basque Country and Navarre, where it does not exist. You can apply if you are between 18 and 35 on the day you apply, hold EU nationality or legal residence, work or receive a benefit with at least 3 months of employment record in the last 6, and the income of everyone registered at the address does not exceed 3 times the IPREM, 25,200 euros a year. The rent must not exceed 600 euros, or 300 for a room, although several regions raised it to 900 and 450 euros with Ministry approval. You must not own another home or be closely related to the landlord. The State shares out the money among the regions each year, and each opens its own call.
How much you get and for how long
Article 11 of Royal Decree 42/2022 sets a single amount: €250 a month, never more than the rent you pay. It does not depend on your income or the price of the flat, as long as you are under the limits. The aid lasts 24 months under article 12, so the most you can receive is €6,000. For example, aged 26, with €19,000 of income and a rent of €520 in Aragon, the result is €250 a month and €6,000 in total.
Payment is periodic and monthly where possible (article 15), although many regions take months to decide and then pay the back months in one go. The page on when the bonus is paid works out the months and how much falls into each tax return.
The requirements, one by one
Article 6 asks you to meet all of them at once. Age up to and including 35 when you apply; Spanish, EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, or legal residence; being the tenant on the lease or about to sign it; and a regular source of income. That means being employed or self-employed, a research trainee or on a periodic public benefit, with 3 months of employment record in the previous 6 or an expected duration of 6 months.
You are excluded if you, or anyone living in the flat, owns or holds a life interest in another home, is a first or second-degree relative of the landlord or a partner in the landlord company. There are exceptions when your own home is unavailable because of separation, divorce or disability. The full list is on Bono Alquiler Joven requirements.
The rent cap changes from region to region
The €600 monthly cap (€300 for a room) is the general one. The same article 8 lets each region raise it to €900 and €450 if it backs the change with price studies and signs an agreement with the Ministry. According to the La Moncloa note of 24 October 2024, the Madrid region, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, the Valencian Community, Ceuta and Andalusia in some towns agreed to it. Each call names its own zones, which is why the calculator uses your region's cap whenever we have read it in its gazette.
Where the money comes from and why each region moves at its own pace
The bonus is paid from the State Budget line that article 5 sets aside for it, and the Housing Sector Conference splits it among the regions. In 2024 a split of 200 million euros was ratified, bringing the total since 2022 to 600 million. Each region then opens its call when it chooses: some keep the window open for months, others close it within weeks once the quota fills. Check yours in the calls calendar.
If you miss one of the Bono rules, the 2026-2030 State Plan youth aid pays up to €300 under broader rules, but you cannot receive both.