New Isee without first home: how access to five social benefits changes in 2026

For all other subsidised social benefits, national or local, the ordinary Isee will continue to apply.

The new calculation methods for the purposes of 'Isee-bis' provide that

When will the changes on the five benefits concerned take effect? While waiting for the new Isee models, the Inps - in its message of 12 January - said it had already adjusted its internal IT procedures to allow the calculation of the new 'indicator-bis'.

In the meantime, those who submit an application for Adi, Sfl, nursery bonus or newborn bonus these days must do so with reference to the Isee 2026 and still in the absence of an updated certificate with the value of the new 'Isee-bis' (which will only be communicated at a later date). It could happen, therefore, that the benefit is denied, but not immediately rejected.

With the new Isee "without first home" and as a result of the new equivalence scale, in fact, some previously excluded households could fall within the thresholds envisaged by the individual benefits: INPS assures that their applications, even if submitted before knowing the new "Isee-bis" that could redefine the outcome of the verification of the economic requirements, will be temporarily suspended during the preliminary investigation phase. Once the activities to update the IT procedures have been completed, the Institute will recalculate, redefine the benefits concerned by linking them to the Isee 2026, and complete the processing of previously suspended applications.

Only limited to the single and universal allowance, however, the monthly amount payable for the January and February 2026 months will continue to be determined on the basis of the Isee in force on 31 December 2025: the regulations governing the universal child allowance, in fact, provide that the annuality of the benefit will start from March.

The technical report to the manoeuvre quantifies the financial commitment for the Isee reform at EUR 465.5 million for 2026.

In relation to the single allowance, which will absorb most of the allocated resources (340 million euro), the change on the Isee will not affect - as for other supports - the enlargement of the number of beneficiaries but rather the amounts. For about 2.64 million children - from which are excluded the households that already receive the maximum amount of the single allowance or that have not submitted the Isee - the technical report estimates an increase in the allowance 'equal to about 10 euro per month'.

With regard to the Adi (monthly support introduced in January 2024 to replace the citizenship income and intended for households with at least one member who is a minor, over 60, disabled, or in a certified disadvantaged condition), the change in the Isee criteria will result in an 'increase of just over 2 per cent of declarations that would fall under the 10,140 euro threshold with the new rules'. In essence, about 14,000 more households could accrue the requirements to obtain the subsidy with average amounts of EUR 710 each (an additional public expenditure of EUR 119.3 million is expected in 2026).

As for the Support for Training and Work (Sfl), intended for households in economic difficulty with members between 18 and 59 years of age who are employable and not disabled, the technical report to the Budget Law estimates 2,300 additional potential beneficiaries: assuming a support of EUR 500 per month paid for 12 months, the expenditure for the State would rise by EUR 13.8 million in 2026.

Finally, the change in the Isee could involve about 12,000 families benefiting from the crèche bonus, increasing the amount they are entitled to, and another 3,200 new-parent families could qualify (an 'Isee-bis' of less than EUR 40,000) for the EUR 1,000 new-born bonus