Young expats in Murcia could get €300 a month towards rent under new €16m scheme

Paying rent in Murcia while trying to save for anything else can feel like an uphill battle when you’re under 35. For younger tenants in the region though, including foreign residents, the state is offering a bit of breathing room with up to €7,200 of help over two years, though the rules that decide who actually gets it haven’t been published yet.

Up to €300 a month for two full years

Young renters across the Región de Murcia could soon claim up to €300 a month towards their rent, after regional president Fernando López Miras announced a €16 million aid programme on Tuesday September 22. The money is aimed at around 2,300 people aged 35 and under and is set to cover two whole years of rent, 2026 and 2027, which works out at up to €7,200 for anyone renting a full home.

Those renting a single room rather than a whole flat can get up to €200 a month instead. López Miras told the Asamblea Regional (the regional parliament) it would be the biggest call for rent aid in recent years, describing it as “a historic call for aid”. 

Can foreign residents apply? 

That’s the question many young Brits and other foreigners renting in Murcia will be asking, and the likely answer is yes, as long as they’re legally resident. However, the region hasn’t published the full rules yet, so nothing is guaranteed either way.

The last youth rent scheme Murcia ran, the Bono Alquiler Joven (young people’s rent voucher) that took applications from April to June 2025, was open to Spanish nationals, EU citizens and non-EU foreigners with legal residence in Spain.

Since Brexit, that means British applicants need proper residency, usually shown with a TIE (the foreigner’s identity card). Earlier rounds also asked for a padrón certificate (town hall registration) showing who lives at the address. 

The new scheme pays more than last time

The 2025 round paid €250 a month and capped applicants’ income at three times the IPREM (Spain’s benchmark figure for means-tested help), so the new scheme is a €50-a-month step up for anyone renting a whole home. Whether the same income limit returns is one of the details still to come. The regional government has only said applicants will need to hand over their rental contract, with the administration then checking they meet the requirements before paying out as tenants send in proof they’ve paid their rent.

The call is expected to open before the end of 2026, with the full conditions published in the BORM (the region’s official bulletin).

It sits alongside Murcia’s Aval Joven mortgage guarantee scheme, which has already backed around 1,300 young buyers with more than €23 million in guarantees and got an extra €6 million this summer to help roughly 300 more.

How to get ready before it opens

Because the region says the aid will cover the whole of 2026 as well as 2027, it’s worth holding on to every rent receipt and bank transfer from January onwards, even though the call itself won’t open until later this year. Young tenants can get a head start now by checking their contract is in their own name, making sure their padrón is up to date and, for non-EU residents including Brits, that their TIE hasn’t expired.

Once the BORM publishes the call, those who’ve already got their contract, receipts and residency papers together will be able to apply straight away rather than chasing documents.