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Assistance for vulnerable people

Certain life circumstances can weaken our connection to housing and living conditions. Various forms of assistance are available for vulnerable groups.

Assistance for homeless individuals

The Opens in new windowEuropean Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) defines rooflessness as individuals living rough and people in emergency accommodation and houselessness as people living in different types of accommodation for the homeless. However, there is no universally accepted definition. 

Some useful documents and links to help homeless individuals: 

Everyday assistance

  • The Opens in new windowFPS Social Integration publishes a Opens in new windowGuide for the homeless designed for people in precarious situations. This guide provides information about urgent medical assistance, health insurance, material and/or financial assistance, appealing in the event of a PCSW refusal, useful addresses, etc. 
  • Opens in new windowBruss'Help directs homeless people or those in need of support to the appropriate assistance and services. This organisation provides a Opens in new windowprinted map showing the main daytime facilities/services available at a time of crisis. 
  • Opens in new windowBruxelles Social, the bilingual, interactive social map of the Brussels-Capital Region, provides access to all services intended for homeless individuals (guidance, shelter, hygiene, meals and medical care). 
  • The Opens in new windowreference address is an address that allows certain individuals who do not live or do not have a permanent residence in Belgium to have a contact address in a Belgian municipality. The reference address is purely "administrative". 

Accommodation

Assistance for people with disabilities

There are various forms of assistance and support available for people with disabilities: 

  • Opens in new windowhandicap.brussels lists all the available assistance and services for people with disabilities in the Brussels Region. It is designed to be the first step in your search for help. 
  • The Opens in new windowPhare service provides information, advice and financial support to people with disabilities in the Brussels Region. 
  • Opens in new windowAccessAndGo helps make environments and services accessible to people with reduced mobility. 
  • The relocation allowance is granted to certain tenants who are moving from non-adapted housing to housing that has been adapted to their disability. 

Assistance for Ukrainian nationals with temporary protection

The war in Ukraine is having major repercussions across Europe, including in the Brussels-Capital Region. The resulting humanitarian crisis has led to an unprecedented influx of Ukrainian refugees. 

Belgium and the Brussels-Capital Region are doing everything possible to organise the reception of Ukrainian refugees: 

  • Several organisations offer advice and support on housing in the Brussels-Capital Region.

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  • Find out about financial assistance for renting, as well as social housing and other public or social-purpose housing...