What documents do you need to rent in Luxembourg?

In practice, a rental dossier most often contains:

• a valid identity document (identity card or passport);
• your latest payslips, often the last 3;
• your work contract;
• sometimes a tax assessment, bank statements or a residence certificate.

There is no official list for a private landlord: the above is common practice, not an obligation.

No. The GDPR requires personal data to be "adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary" for the purpose, here choosing a tenant, and not kept longer than necessary. You can ask what a document is for, and refuse to give what has nothing to do with the rental.

If there is a problem, the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) is the competent authority in Luxembourg.

The lease must be written and state the full identity of every party: the landlord and each tenant. That is why your identity document is requested when you sign.

For the rent subsidy, the state asks in particular for:

• a copy of your identity document;
• the household composition form and a sworn statement;
• the lease;
• proof of income for every household member;
• proof of rent payments;
• your bank details.

It is not required, and rarely useful before you know whether you want the home. Every copy sent by e-mail is one more copy of your data in circulation. Prefer a dossier you share when you decide, for a limited time.

Every co-tenant signs the same lease, so the landlord looks at each person's dossier. Remember the co-tenancy agreement too, to be signed no later than the day of the lease.