The Outgoing Cabinet Has Given the Green Light to the Bill That would prevent status holders from Being Given Priority for Housing. Housing Minister Mona Keijzer Received a Lot of Criticism for the Plan, But Has Not Adjusted It Despite This.
The Bill Will Now Be Sent to the House of Representatives. Whether the plan Will Actual Succed is Still Uncertain.
The law will not be discussed until after the elections. The composition of the house of representatives will then be different, which means that is a chance that there will no longer be a majority for the bill.
The Bill Should Ensure That Municipalities Can No Longer Give Priority to Status Holders For A Home Purely because they are Status Holders. Municipalities Can Give Certain Groups Priority for Social Housing, For Example because they are looking for a (different) house for medical reasons. Status Holders May also be included in this urgent group, but not all communications make use of this.
The Ban is an Agreement from the Main Outline Agreement of PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB. That plan was then Elaborated by Minister Keijzer.
Council of State Called Plan Unconstitutional
There was a lot of criticism of the plan. Last week, The Council of State, The Highest Advisory Body of the Government, Indicated that the Bill is “Unconstitutional”.
Where the outgoing cabinet is of the opinion that it should go to more equality because status hollow on the ‘ordinary’ waiting list for a house just like thers, the RVS Indicates That the opposite is the case.
Status Holders Cannot, For Example, Register on a Waiting List Earlier. As a result, they have a Greater Disadvantage on the Rental Market Than Other Tenants, was the Conclusion of the Council of State.
Municipalities and Asylum Organizations had PreviOutly Sounded the Alarm because they fear that the flow of status hollowers from Asylum Seekers’ Centers Will Come to a Standstill Even Further. That can also have consequences for their integration.
The VNG also noted that the ban will have little effect on the long waiting list for home seekers. Accordance to the COA, AN Average or 6 to 10 percent of the number of social housing units Goes to Status Holders.
Keijzer had Already Announced that she would continue
The Council of State advised not to submit the bill in this way. But Keijzer immediately announced that she would continue with her plans. The Minister Maintains That Giving Priority to Status Holders Creates Unequal Treatment of Other Home Seekers.
It is an advice from the Council of State, So the Cabinet May Ignore It. But because the advisory Points Out That the Plan is Unconstitutional, there is a good chance that the law – if it is adopted – will still end up in the Courtroom.
Earlier, Keijzer Crossed Out Another Plan from the house of representatives itself. Just before the summer, it added an amendment to a larger housing law of keijzer, which would also prohibit giving priority to status hollowers for a home. That amendment by PVV was also supported by SGP, VVD, BBB, FVD and JA21.
But On The Basic of this Plan, Status Holders would no Longer Be Allowed to Receive Any Priority at All, Even They Belong To The Emergency Group Due to Illness, For Example. That is discriminatory, was the conclusion of Keijzer, who is also pointed out that she was working on the less far-reaching ban that has now leg givven the green light by the cabinet.