Proofs for social benefits in terms of housing

A certificate of non-ownership proves that you do not own a house or other immovable property. This is often a condition for benefiting from social services (such as social housing or allowances). For other social benefits, you may also need to provide proof about your property (such as a cadastral income below a certain limit, or proof that you do not have a house but you may have land). In that case, you can request a cadastral extract or title of ownership.

Certificate of non-ownership

For your convenience, create your certificate of non-ownership on-line via MyMinfin.be. It is the easiest and quickest way to get your certificate.

  1. Sign in to MyMinfin.
  2. Click 'Aanvraag indienen voor een attest van niet-eigendom' in the Dutch version of MyMinfin (‘Submitting a request for a certificate of non-ownership’).
  3. Choose the language in which you wish to receive the certificate and click 'Bevestigen' (‘Confirm’).
  4. Within a few hours, you will be able to download the certificate from the ‘My documents’ section.

You need a certificate of non-ownership, but you are unable to log in to MyMinfin to quickly download it yourself? Call our contact centre on +32 2 572 57 57 (every working day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., normal rate) and have your national registration number ready. We will then send you a copy by post. This may take several days.

Keep in mind that a certificate of non-ownership applies only to yourself. If your partner also needs a certificate, you must each download a certificate or request a certificate individually.

Cadastral extract or title of ownership

Certain benefits can also be obtained if you do have one or more properties:

  • an allowance or other social benefit for housing
  • a free mortgage loan repayment insurance in case of loss of income (Walloon Region only)

However, this often has to meet certain conditions. You then have two options to prove your eligibility:

Please note: for certain benefits, you must complete a form from another authority (such as Form B or Certificate C for the Walloon Region). You can request details of your property from us for those forms, but our services cannot complete them for you.

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