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  "url": "https://agentnews.gr/guides/greece-heating-allowance-2026-27",
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  "title": "Greece's heating allowance 2026–27: who gets up to €1,560 and how to apply",
  "dek": "The finance ministry says Greece's heating allowance rises by 30% for winter 2026–27, with a maximum of €1,560 and the same income and property criteria. The new decision is not yet published, so this guide sets out what has been announced and last winter's rules, including those for renters and residents from abroad.",
  "description": "Greece says its heating allowance will rise 30% for winter 2026–27, to a maximum of €1,560. Who qualifies, how the amount is worked out and how to apply.",
  "language": "en",
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  "format": "guide",
  "published": "2026-10-24T07:03:00.000Z",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T07:03:00.000Z",
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  "affects": {
    "who": [
      {
        "group": "Households that claimed the heating allowance last winter",
        "effect": "The 2026–27 allowance is 30% higher for every eligible fuel, with a maximum of €1,560 instead of €1,200, and the advance also rises by 30%. You still have to apply: last winter there was no automatic payment. [S1][S2]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Renters and people living rent-free in Greece",
        "effect": "Last winter's decision covered the home you use as your main residence when you apply, whether rented, provided free or owner-occupied; the application asks for the landlord's tax number. The ministry says the criteria are unchanged. [S2][S1]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Foreign nationals and people with a home in Greece but tax residence abroad",
        "effect": "Last winter's decision set no nationality condition, by our reading, but excluded tax residents of other countries who must file a Greek tax return, and their spouses or civil partners. [S2]"
      },
      {
        "group": "Households that heat with electricity",
        "effect": "Electricity is one of the fuels covered, and the 30% rise applies to it too. Last winter, households on the social electricity tariff and those without an active electricity supply were excluded. [S1][S2]"
      }
    ],
    "action": "Nothing can be filed yet, because the 2026–27 decision and platform are not out. Keep heating-oil invoices issued in your tax number (ΑΦΜ), declare an IBAN on myAADE, and watch for the platform, expected by 10 November 2026. [S1][S2]"
  },
  "status": {
    "checked": "2026-10-24",
    "steps": [
      {
        "label": "Finance ministry announces a 30% rise in the 2026–27 heating allowance, a €1,560 maximum and unchanged criteria [S1]",
        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "done": true
      },
      {
        "label": "Joint ministerial decision (ΚΥΑ) for 2026–27 published in the Government Gazette, setting amounts, dates and the advance [S7]",
        "when": "Not yet published (checked 24 October 2026)",
        "done": false
      },
      {
        "label": "Application platform opens on myAADE [S1]",
        "when": "Expected by 10 November 2026, per the ministry",
        "done": false
      },
      {
        "label": "Advance paid, 30% higher than last year [S1]",
        "when": "Due by 23 December 2026, per the ministry",
        "done": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "deadlines": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "label": "Heating allowance 2026–27: myAADE application platform expected to open by this date (ministry)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-23",
      "label": "Heating allowance 2026–27: advance due to be paid by this date, per the ministry"
    }
  ],
  "glance": [
    "Greece's heating allowance for winter 2026–27 rises by 30% for every eligible fuel, including electricity, and the maximum goes from €1,200 to €1,560, the finance ministry announced on 14 October 2026. [S1]",
    "The income and property criteria are unchanged: last winter they were family income up to €16,000 for a single person or €24,000 for a couple, plus €5,000 per child, and property up to €200,000 or €260,000. Renters qualified; tax residents of other countries who must file a Greek return did not. [S1][S2]",
    "The application platform on myAADE is expected to open by 10 November 2026 and the advance is due by 23 December 2026, per the ministry. The 2026–27 decision with the full rules has not yet been published. [S1][S7]"
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "ERT reported that the €1,560 maximum applies only to electric heating and that other fuels are capped at €1,300 [S5]",
      "finding": "The ministry's announcement says the maximum rises from €1,200 to €1,560 and that the rise covers every subsidised form of heating, without singling out electricity [S1]. Under last winter's decision the €1,200 ceiling applied to any fuel in settlements with a current-weather coefficient of 1.2 or more [S2]. The 2026–27 decision has not been published."
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "ERT, Powergame and Ta Nea report that the minimum allowance rises from €100 to €130 [S5][S6][S7]",
      "finding": "The ministry's announcement does not give a minimum [S1]. By our calculation, a 30% rise on last winter's €100 minimum would give €130 [S2], but no official text sets it yet."
    },
    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Powergame and Ta Nea report that the advance will be 60% of the allowance; ERT reports about 80% of last winter's allowance for returning claimants and 65% for new ones [S6][S7][S5]",
      "finding": "The ministry says only that the advance also rises by 30% and is due by 23 December 2026 [S1]. Last winter the advance was 60% of the previous winter's allowance for returning claimants and 50% of the calculated amount for new ones, with a minimum of €80 [S2]."
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Ta Nea gives income limits of €16,000 for a single person and €24,000 for a couple, plus €5,000 per child, and €29,000 for single-parent families [S7]",
      "finding": "These match article 2 of last winter's decision Α.1151/2025, which also adds €5,000 for each child after the first in single-parent families [S2]. The ministry says the criteria are unchanged [S1]."
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "When the 2026–27 joint ministerial decision (ΚΥΑ) will be published, and whether the platform will open by 10 November 2026 as the ministry expects.",
    "The new reference amounts for each fuel, the minimum, and the intermediate ceilings. The ministry has given only the 30% rise and the €1,560 maximum.",
    "The size of the 2026–27 advance. The ministry says only that it rises by 30%; Powergame and Ta Nea report 60% of the allowance, while ERT reports about 80% of last winter's allowance for returning claimants and 65% for new ones, and these reports conflict.",
    "The 2026–27 application deadline (5 December last winter), the purchase window and the dates of the balance payments.",
    "Which tax year and which ΕΝΦΙΑ year the unchanged criteria will use. Last winter's decision used the 2024 tax return and the 2025 ΕΝΦΙΑ assessment.",
    "How many households were helped last winter. The ministry says 1.17 million households; the joint release of 29 May 2026, as reported by Capital, says 868,466 beneficiaries were paid. The two figures may measure different things."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "publisher": "Ministry of National Economy and Finance (minfin.gov.gr)",
      "title": "Μείωση 40 λεπτά στο πετρέλαιο θέρμανσης, 20 λεπτά στο diesel κίνησης, 10 λεπτά στην αμόλυβδη και αύξηση 30% στο επίδομα θέρμανσης",
      "date": "2026-10-14",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/meiosi-40-lepta-sto-petrelaio-thermansis-20-lepta-sto-diesel-kinisis-10-lepta-stin-amolyvdi-kai-afxisi-30-sto-epidoma-thermansis/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ Β' 5802/31.10.2025), joint ministerial decision Α.1151/2025",
      "title": "Αριθμ. Α.1151 Χορήγηση επιδόματος θέρμανσης για τη χειμερινή περίοδο 2025-2026 και καθορισμός του ύψους, των δικαιούχων, των προϋποθέσεων και της διαδικασίας χορήγησης αυτού",
      "date": "2025-10-31",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250205802.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070316/https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250205802.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ Β' 3044/28.05.2026), joint ministerial decision Α.1116/2026",
      "title": "Αριθμ. Α.1116 Τροποποίηση της υπό στοιχεία Α.1151/31.10.2025 κοινής απόφασης «Χορήγηση επιδόματος θέρμανσης για τη χειμερινή περίοδο 2025-2026…»",
      "date": "2026-05-28",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2026/20260203044.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070316/https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2026/20260203044.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Capital.gr (reporting the joint release of the finance ministry, the energy ministry and ΑΑΔΕ)",
      "title": "Ολοκληρώθηκε η καταβολή του επιδόματος θέρμανσης 2025-2026 σε 868.466 δικαιούχους",
      "date": "2026-05-29",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.capital.gr/oikonomia/3995377/oloklirothike-i-kataboli-tou-epidomatos-thermansis-2025-2026-se-868466-dikaiouxous/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070414/https://www.capital.gr/oikonomia/3995377/oloklirothike-i-kataboli-tou-epidomatos-thermansis-2025-2026-se-868466-dikaiouxous/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S5",
      "publisher": "ΕΡΤ (ERT)",
      "title": "Επίδομα θέρμανσης: Από 130 έως 1.560 ευρώ για τη χειμερινή περίοδο 2026-2027, μετά την αύξηση των ποσών κατά 30% - Πότε ξεκινούν οι αιτήσεις",
      "date": "2026-10-14",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/oikonomia/epidoma-thermansis-apo-130-eos-1-560-eyro-gia-ti-xeimerini-periodo-2026-2027-meta-tin-ayksisi-ton-poson-kata-30-pote-ksekinoun-oi-aitiseis/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070417/https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/oikonomia/epidoma-thermansis-apo-130-eos-1-560-eyro-gia-ti-xeimerini-periodo-2026-2027-meta-tin-ayksisi-ton-poson-kata-30-pote-ksekinoun-oi-aitiseis/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "Powergame.gr",
      "title": "Επίδομα θέρμανσης: Πότε ξεκινούν οι αιτήσεις – Ποιοι θα πάρουν έως 1.560 ευρώ",
      "date": "2026-10-18",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.powergame.gr/ikonomia/1437205/epidoma-thermansis-pote-xekinoun-oi-aitiseis-poioi-tha-paroun-eos-1-560-evro/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070452/https://www.powergame.gr/ikonomia/1437205/epidoma-thermansis-pote-xekinoun-oi-aitiseis-poioi-tha-paroun-eos-1-560-evro/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "publisher": "Τα Νέα (Ta Nea)",
      "title": "Επίδομα θέρμανσης 2026-2027: Πότε ανοίγει το myΘέρμανση – Ποιοι δικαιούνται έως 1.560 ευρώ",
      "date": "2026-10-20",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.tanea.gr/2026/10/20/economy/epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-pote-anoigei-to-mythermansi-poioi-dikaiountai-eos-1-560-eyro/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070524/https://www.tanea.gr/2026/10/20/economy/epidoma-thermansis-2026-2027-pote-anoigei-to-mythermansi-poioi-dikaiountai-eos-1-560-eyro/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S8",
      "publisher": "Taxheaven",
      "title": "Την Δευτέρα 10/11 ξεκινούν οι αιτήσεις για το επίδομα θέρμανσης",
      "date": "2025-11-04",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/72018/thn-deytera-1011-xekinoyn-oi-aithseis-gia-to-epidoma-oermanshs",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261024070524/https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/72018/thn-deytera-1011-xekinoyn-oi-aithseis-gia-to-epidoma-oermanshs"
    }
  ],
  "greekPassages": [
    {
      "id": "income-limits",
      "source": "S2",
      "where": "Joint ministerial decision Α.1151/2025, article 2, point α(αα)",
      "greek": "Το ετήσιο συνολικό οικογενειακό εισόδημά τους, ανεξάρτητα από την πηγή προέλευσής του, πραγματικό και τεκμαρτό, ανέρχεται έως δεκαέξι χιλιάδες (16.000) ευρώ για άγαμο υπόχρεο ή υπόχρεο σε κατάσταση χηρείας ή εν διαστάσει και είκοσι τέσσερις χιλιάδες (24.000) ευρώ για έγγαμο υπόχρεο […] το οποίο προσαυξάνεται κατά πέντε χιλιάδες (5.000) ευρώ για κάθε τέκνο.",
      "translation": "Their annual total family income, regardless of its source, actual and deemed, is up to sixteen thousand (16,000) euros for a single taxpayer or a taxpayer who is widowed or separated, and twenty-four thousand (24,000) euros for a married taxpayer […], which is increased by five thousand (5,000) euros for each child."
    },
    {
      "id": "renters",
      "source": "S2",
      "where": "Joint ministerial decision Α.1151/2025, article 1, paragraph 2",
      "greek": "Το επίδομα χορηγείται στα ως άνω φυσικά πρόσωπα, για την κατανάλωση των επιδοτούμενων με την παρούσα ειδών καυσίμων θέρμανσης, θερμικής ενέργειας μέσω τηλεθέρμανσης ή ηλεκτρική ενέργεια, για τα ακίνητα, τα οποία χρησιμοποιούν ως κύρια κατοικία κατά τον χρόνο υποβολής της αίτησης, είτε αυτά μισθώνονται είτε είναι δωρεάν παραχωρούμενα ή ιδιοκατοικούνται.",
      "translation": "The allowance is granted to the above individuals, for the consumption of the heating fuels, district-heating energy or electricity subsidised under this decision, for the properties they use as their main residence at the time the application is submitted, whether these are rented, provided free of charge or owner-occupied."
    },
    {
      "id": "foreign-residents",
      "source": "S2",
      "where": "Joint ministerial decision Α.1151/2025, article 1, paragraph 3, point στ (exclusions)",
      "greek": "στ) οι φορολογικοί κάτοικοι αλλοδαπής, οι οποίοι υποχρεούνται να υποβάλουν δήλωση φορολογίας εισοδήματος στην Ελλάδα, καθώς και ο/η σύζυγος αυτών ή το μέρος συμφώνου συμβίωσης με αυτούς.",
      "translation": "(f) tax residents of another country who are required to file an income tax return in Greece, as well as their spouse or their civil partner."
    }
  ],
  "redlines": [],
  "corrections": [],
  "tags": [
    "heating allowance",
    "ΑΑΔΕ",
    "myAADE",
    "subsidies",
    "energy prices",
    "renters"
  ]
}