Municipality of Hengelo: applying for social assistance

You can apply for social assistance from the municipality, if you meet the following additional conditions:

• you live in the municipality of Hengelo, Borne or Haaksbergen,

• you are legally in the Netherlands,

• you are not entitled to any other benefit,

• you have insufficient income,

• you don't have too much equity

• you are not entitled to student finance,

• you have not been remanded in custody or are serving a prison sentence.

For more information, and to apply for social assistance, you can go to the website of the municipality of Hengelo: Aanvragen uitkering.

You will find out within 8 weeks whether you will receive social assistance. You will receive social assistance from the date of the application.