Some 9,000 tenants can't afford their rent: report
4 years, 7 months ago

Some 9,000 tenants can't afford their rent: report

NL Times  

To date around 9 thousand Netherlands residents reported to their housing corporations that they cannot afford to pay their rent. The housing corporations expect that number to increase in the coming period, NRC reports after surveying 197 housing corporations, which own about 1.6 million of the 2.4 million rental homes in the Netherlands. The housing corporations think that more and more tenants will report payment problems as this crisis continues. People renting business premises are also starting to report payment problems, according to the housing corporations. The 9 thousand tenants with payment problems are only about 0.5 percent of the 1.6 million people who rent through the surveyed corporations, so the problems aren't that bad yet.

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Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Small landlords are selling more homes as rent controls bite

Dutch News  

Small landlords are selling more of their homes, particularly in the biggest Dutch cities, but overall the number of rental properties in the Netherlands is stable, according to new figures from the Kadaster land registry. In the third quarter of this year, small landlords sold 3,550 properties to owner-occupiers, and that is the highest number in 10 years. New housing …

Amsterdam landlord ordered to repay 50,000 euro after illegal rent scheme
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amsterdam landlord ordered to repay 50,000 euro after illegal rent scheme

NL Times  

A landlord in Buitenveldert has been ordered to repay over 50,000 euro to tenants after the Dutch Rent Tribunal ruled that rental practices at A.J. The tribunal found that the landlord falsely categorized the property as a shared group housing arrangement to justify high rent prices, charging up to 4,400 euro per month. The ruling invalidates the landlord’s claim that …

Rent tribunal slashes rent for tiny Amsterdam rooms
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rent tribunal slashes rent for tiny Amsterdam rooms

Dutch News  

A landlord in Amsterdam has been ordered to pay back seven tenants more than €50,000 after incorrectly claiming that a shared house was subject to “free market” rent of €4,400 a month. Instead, a rent tribunal this week ruled that the rooms as small as nine square metres were worth a fraction of this and has reduced the rents to …

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking
5 months, 2 weeks ago

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking

Dutch News  

More evidence has emerged that small private landlords are selling their rental homes because of tough new rules on rent controls and higher taxes, according to figures from estate agents association NVM and landlords lobby group VGM. “They are unable to buy their rental flat, and they face murderous competition to find another affordable home.” “We hope the new housing …

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking
5 months, 2 weeks ago

More signs that the Dutch rental housing market is shrinking

Dutch News  

More evidence has emerged that small private landlords are selling their rental homes because of tough new rules on rent controls and higher taxes, according to figures from estate agents association NVM and landlords lobby group VGM. “They are unable to buy their rental flat, and they face murderous competition to find another affordable home.” “We hope the new housing …

Housing corporations completed about 15,000 new homes last year
3 years, 1 month ago

Housing corporations completed about 15,000 new homes last year

NL Times  

Housing corporations built 15,199 new homes in the Netherlands last year. Most of the homes are social housing and built in places where, according to Aedes, many people are looking for affordable homes. In 2013, when the landlord levy was introduced, housing corporations still built almost 30,000 homes. The housing corporations want to increase their production to 25,000 new homes …

Thousands of complaints about upcoming rent increase
4 years, 6 months ago

Thousands of complaints about upcoming rent increase

NL Times  

Housing associations received thousands of complaints from tenants about the upcoming rent increase. Earlier in the coronavirus crisis, tenants’ organizations called for rents to be frozen for the time being, as many tenants expected financial problems due to the coronavirus. Minister Kasja Ollongren of Home Affairs instead opted for a call on housing corporations to be lenient on tenants facing …

Nearly 10,000 unhappy tenants went to rent tribunals last year
4 years, 7 months ago

Nearly 10,000 unhappy tenants went to rent tribunals last year

Dutch News  

Dutch rent tribunals dealt with 9,991 complaints last year, mostly focusing on poor facilities and maintenance, or wrongful service costs, according to the organisation’s 2019 annual report. At the same time, 80% of tenants who complained about service costs won their cases as did 70% of those who protested about the high rent within six months of signing a contract, …

Nearly 10,000 unhappy tenants went to rent tribunals last year
4 years, 7 months ago

Nearly 10,000 unhappy tenants went to rent tribunals last year

Dutch News  

Dutch rent tribunals dealt with 9,991 complaints last year, mostly focusing on poor facilities and maintenance, or wrongful service costs, according to the organisation’s 2019 annual report. At the same time, 80% of tenants who complained about service costs won their cases as did 70% of those who protested about the high rent within six months of signing a contract, …

Half of Netherlands tenants expect they'll never afford buying
4 years, 10 months ago

Half of Netherlands tenants expect they'll never afford buying

NL Times  

Nearly half of tenants in the Netherlands don't think they will ever be able to buy a home, according to an international study by ING among nearly 3 thousand tenants who have never owned a home. 48 percent of Dutch tenants think they'll never buy, compared to the European average of 38 percent, RTL Nieuws reports. The housing market seems …

Tenants spend more of their income on housing costs than homeowners
5 years, 9 months ago

Tenants spend more of their income on housing costs than homeowners

NL Times  

The housing ratio - the total housing costs as a percentage of disposable income - was higher for tenants in the Netherlands than for homeowners last year. Tenants spent an average of 38.1 percent of their disposable income on housing costs, while homeowners spent an average of 29 percent, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. Homeowners from the 20 percent least …

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