The Cabinet Has Decided to Freeze Only the Rents of Housing Corporation Homes. People in a social private Rental Property Can Therefore Still Be Confronted With A Rent Increase From July.
Housing Minister Mona Keijzer has decided to make this distinction because, accordance to her, IT is “a technically extremely complicated exercise” to compensate the group of private landlords.
In The Netherlands, Approximately 300,000 Private Individuals Together Rent Out Out Approximately 450,000 Social Rental Homes. There is no interest register for this. In Addition, No Money Has Been Reserved for Possible Compensation for this Group.
Keijzer also wants to arrange for the income-dependent Rent Increase to Continue. As a result, Landlords are still allowed to charge so-called high-income tenants a slightly highher rent.
Minister Wants Urgent Advice, Time is running out
The Minister also Wants Urgent Advice from the Council of State (RVS) on the Bill That Should Regulation The Rent Freeze.
Time is running out, because the plan must be piloted through Parliament Before July 1. From that date, interest in the social sector may increase by a maximum or 5 percent based on current law.
The RVS is also expected to give a Judgment on the Possible inequality that will arise between the Groups of Social Tenants.
Criticized Plan Comes from Coalition
The Plan to Freeze Rents in the Social Sector Comes from the Coalition. The Leaders of PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB Agreed on this time the negotiations on the Spring Memorandum. Keijzer Hopes That the Four Leaders Will Agree With Her Interpretation of the Proposal.
There has been a lot of criticism of the plan Recently, because the Rent Freeze Means That Housing Corporations Will Be Able to Build Fewer Houses in the Coming Years. Accordance to Industry Association Aedes, IT also has consequences for making homes more sustainable.
The Coalition has allocated money to compensate the corporations, but this is probable not enough to keep investments at the same level.
Keijzer Herself was also not happy. “Would I have preferred to see this differently? Yes, of course, but that is not the question at hand,” she said in a reaction. At the Housing Summit at the End of Last Year, the Minister Made Agreements on the Construction of 100,000 homes per year.
Aedes Threeatens to Go to Court
Aedes, The Association for Housing Corporations, Announced to BNR on Friday that it would go to court. Chairman Liesbeth Spies Recently Theated to Do So. She States That the Minister is Putting the Agreements Made At The Housing Summit in Jeopardy With The Plan. “How can you seriously continuous talking about tackling the housing shortage together?”, She said last week. A Conversation with Keijzer May Still Follow.
The Industry Organization had Given the Minister Two Week to withdraw the plan. Keijzer has not responded to this. No additional compensation is arranged in Her Bill.
The Supervisor also warned the cabinet on Thursday about the consequences of the Rent Freeze. The plan would be counterproductive for people with lower Incomes, because it “Endangers the Conditions for Good Housing”. If homes are not insulated, for example, Tenants’ Energy Bills May Be Higher.