The increase suffered in the last year in food, light and gasoline has completely broken the monthly budget of many families Spanish, families that have been forced to ask for help from relatives with greater resources. However, not everyone is lucky enough to have a family member. Both for families that are so lucky and for those who are completely alone, the State offers aid that, in some cases, can reach up to 1,000 euros.
The first thing that we must be clear about is that this aid is not related to the aid for food, but rather a completely different aid that Social Security offers based on the family situation of each family and that corresponds to the Minimum Vital Income. .
This aid is intended to cover the basic expenses of families and its main objective is to prevent social exclusion and the risk of poverty to which many families and people are doomed due to the lack of economic resources to pay rent, water, light and eat, although you can also request a rental aid independently of this aid.
Requirements to request the Minimum Vital Income
If we want to request this help, which varies depending on the situation of each family, we must meet the 2 requirements that we show you below.
- Have official and legal residence in Spain. If we want to request this aid, we must prove that we have been officially residing in Spain for more than a year, regardless of the number of minor members that are part of the family nucleus.
- Being in a situation of economic vulnerability. This requirement is determined taking into account all the income that we have obtained throughout the previous year, either through pensions or public or private benefits.
How to apply for help
To request this help, we must visit the following link to the Social Security website and download the form in PDF format Minimum vital income benefit request. Once we have completed it, we must access a Social Security administration providing all the documents that prove our economic situation. It is not necessary to have an electronic certificate to carry out this procedure.
Amount and duration of aid
Depending on the number of members that form part of the family nucleus, the amount of aid varies from €734.99 for a family made up of an adult and a minor or two adults, up to €1,243.83 for families made up of one adult and four or more minors, two adults and three or more minors, three adults and two or more minors, or four adults and one minor.
The rest of the aid is from €904.60 for families made up of one adult and two minors, two adults and one minor, or three adults. If the family is made up of one adult and three minors, two adults and two minors, three adults and one minor, or four adults, the monthly amount we can receive is €1,074.21.
It is not necessary to carry out any formality to renew this aid. This will end when some of the reasons that gave rise to it undergo some change. Through this link we can access all the information available about this aid.
