Register for social housing and search private rentals too
For sociale huur (social housing), register with a regional housing portal or housing corporation. Search private rentals and rooms too: social-housing waiting times can be years. Check the total rent, required income and address-registration rules before applying. Before sharing documents or paying, verify the home, the landlord or agent, and the written terms.
This guide is for newcomers looking for a room or home in the Netherlands. It covers the search, applications and checks through to key handover. Before signing, use the Dutch rental-contract guide. For a full check of the rent and points, use the rent-protection and points guide.
Choose your rental routes
Use more than one route if you qualify. Check the home’s facilities, woningwaarderingsstelsel (WWS, rent points system) score, starting bare rent and allocation rules. The standard rent limits below apply to contracts starting in 2026.
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| Route | Where to start | What to check | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporation social housing | Ask the gemeente (municipality) which regional portal and woningcorporaties (housing corporations) serve the area | Income, household size, listing conditions, priority and any housing permit | Waiting can take years. Registration alone gives no guarantee. |
| Regulated middenhuur (middle rent) | Check corporations, municipal or developer portals and private listings | For new 2026 contracts: normally 144–186 WWS points and starting bare rent above €932.93. Standard ceiling at 186 points: €1,228.07 a month. | Check the project’s income and allocation conditions. |
| Vrije sector (free sector) | Set alerts on listing platforms and direct landlord or manager sites | For a new 2026 contract: at least 187 points and starting bare rent above €1,228.07. Check the landlord’s income criteria too | A response or viewing gives no guarantee of an offer. |
| Room or other non-self-contained accommodation | Check room platforms, student providers, corporations and local landlords | Use the self-contained WWS test below to check whether the room points system applies. Check any sharing permit. | Confirm permitted occupancy and Basisregistratie Personen (BRP, Personal Records Database) registration. |
| Student housing | Register with the student provider and check your institution’s reserved housing | Study status, campuscontract (student or PhD tenancy) conditions, registration time, introduction night or booking date | Long Stay (long-term housing) and Short Stay (temporary housing) use separate registration routes at some providers. |
| Adapted or accessible housing | Tell the corporation which features you need; ask the municipality about support | Any Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo, Social Support Act) decision, care indication or urgency conditions | Check available homes and local priority rules before relying on this route. |
Some qualifying new homes and listed historic buildings allow rent surcharges. Use the points check rather than treating a higher price as proof of free-sector housing.
Before sending money or a full set of documents, open the listing through the platform or landlord’s own website. Confirm the exact home and who owns or manages it. Ask for the selection procedure and draft terms.
View the home before paying. If you cannot go, ask someone you trust to visit and verify it for you. Treat a live video as an extra check, not a replacement for visiting. Keep your money until you have checked the home, the landlord or agent and the written terms.
Find the regional portal and corporations through the Rijksoverheid (Dutch government) rental-search plan (External site, opens in a new tab). Register before responding. Check the fee, renewal date and ranking method on that portal.
The main annual corporation income limits for 2026 are €51,537 for one person and €56,910 for a household of 2 or more. Volkshuisvesting Nederland (government housing portal) (External site, opens in a new tab) confirms these figures.
Limited allocations above them are possible. In 2026, the standard social-rent ceiling is €932.93 at 143 points. Check the listing’s income and household conditions too.
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| Rule | What to check | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Find the correct region | Which municipalities and corporations the portal covers | Follow the municipality or corporation’s own links to avoid a look-alike registration site. |
| Register and renew | Entry fee, renewal, age limit, account expiry and whether a move affects time or points | Save the confirmation and renewal date. Keep income, household and contact details current. |
| Respond to listings | Response deadline and the conditions attached to each home | Read every property label and upload only the documents that portal requests. |
| Allocation order | Registration time, local points, priority, direct rental, lottery or a combination | Check the ranking method on that listing; do not infer it from another region. |
| Income and household match | Corporation rules, passend toewijzen (income-matched allocation), household size and any huisvestingsvergunning (housing permit) | Use current household income evidence and apply for the permit only through the municipality. |
| Urgency or accessibility priority | Whether health, safety, demolition, family size or accessibility needs qualify under the local rules | Read the urgency rules before paying for help. An application gives no guarantee of housing. |
Waiting times depend on the place, home and price. Some homes use direct rental or a lottery. Keep responding to suitable offers while you build registration time.
Ask the municipality for its urgency rules. If it has none, the corporation sometimes sets its own. Read the conditions before paying anyone to help with an application.
For example, DĀK Regio Amsterdam (regional housing portal) (External site, opens in a new tab) awards wachtpunten (waiting points) for registration time and zoekpunten (search points) for active searching. Situatiepunten (situation points) and startpunten (starter points) apply only in specified situations. The Amsterdam rental page (External site, opens in a new tab) explains this local system. Its housing guide (PDF, about 917 KB) (External site, opens in a new tab) names these four types. Check the system used in your own region.
Private landlords offering social rentals do not have to use the corporation income limits. Check who provides the home and which income rules apply.
Check who handles each listing
Open the original listing and check who handles it: the platform, landlord, property manager or agent. If you hire your own search agent, ask whether that agent also works for the landlord of the home you want.
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| Channel | What it offers | Cost | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funda terms of use (External site, opens in a new tab) | Listings for homes to rent or buy | Browsing and sending a listing enquiry do not create a mediation contract with Funda. Ask the advertiser to explain any fee before agreeing to it. | Confirm availability and selection with the named advertiser. Funda does not guarantee that listings are current. |
| Pararius home-seeker questions (External site, opens in a new tab) | Rentals published by agents, managers and housing providers | Registration and responses are free. Pararius+ offers optional paid alerts and profile tools | The advertiser manages availability and chooses the tenant. Paying for alerts does not guarantee a home. |
| Kamernet Premium plans (External site, opens in a new tab) | Rooms, studios and shared homes | October 2026: €29 for 2 weeks, €39 for 4 weeks or €79 for 12 weeks. All are recurring subscriptions; check the renewal terms below. | A subscription does not guarantee that the advertiser may rent out the home. |
| Direct landlord, manager or corporation portal | The provider’s own homes and application rules | Check any registration or project fee | Verify the website address and renewal conditions. |
| Agent you hire to find a home | A search under a separate agreement with you | An agreed fee may apply for a home outside the agent’s own rental stock | An agent working for the landlord cannot charge you mediation costs. |
A landlord cannot charge for making the rental contract. An agent working for the landlord cannot charge you for that mediation, even under names such as administration, registration, contract or letting costs. Ask in writing whom the agent represents and what any charge pays for. A separate search service you independently commission has its own agreement; the fee rules in the table still apply.
Kamernet’s current Premium plans list the three recurring options above, including value-added tax. They do not list the former one-off six-month offer. Recheck prices before buying.
Kamernet’s help page says each plan renews for the same period. Its September 2026 subscription terms (PDF, about 181 KB) (External site, opens in a new tab) instead say the 4- and 12-week plans renew monthly after the initial period; the 2-week plan renews every 2 weeks. Before paying, check the renewal period and price on your order. Cancel at least 24 hours before the next billing date to avoid another charge.
Check the home’s rent and terms
Save the advertisement before it changes. Compare total costs only after you know what each rent includes.
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| Listing field | What to establish | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Exact home | Full address, unit or room number, floor, size and viewing access | It lets you compare the offer with the actual door, photos, manager and later contract. |
| Self-contained or room | Own entrance, kitchen, toilet and shower or bath; also check who will live there | The facilities and household determine which rent points system applies. See the home-type check below. |
| Rent breakdown | Kale huur (bare rent), servicekosten (service charges), gas, electricity, water, internet, furniture and local charges | Ask for separate amounts and which advances will be compared with actual costs. |
| Segment and point count | Starting bare rent, contract start date and WWS point calculation | Use these facts to check whether rent protection applies. |
| Term and conditions | Available date, fixed or open-ended term, furniture, pets, sharing and any target-group condition | Check eligibility and departure terms for short-stay, campuscontract or employer-linked housing. |
| Occupancy and registration | Permitted residents, room-sharing approval, any municipal permit and BRP registration | A room can be a valid address. Investigate a “no registration” condition before accepting. |
For the WWS, a zelfstandige woonruimte (self-contained home) has its own entrance or front door, kitchen, toilet and shower or bath. It also has at most 2 residents, or 3 or more who form a lasting shared household, such as a family. Students sharing a home generally do not meet that household condition. Use the occupancy agreed with the landlord for this classification. If the home fails this test under that agreed occupancy, the points system for onzelfstandige woonruimte (non-self-contained accommodation) applies.
Subletting or moving another person in without permission does not by itself change the points system. An agreed change can affect classification.
Special rules apply when a main tenant sublets to one other household. The main tenant’s remaining part can keep self-contained status if only their household occupied the whole home for at least 2 continuous years before subletting. The incoming household must have a rental agreement with the main tenant. Ask which points check applies before relying on the advertised home type.
Use the Huurcommissie (Rent Tribunal) Huurprijscheck (rent check) (External site, opens in a new tab) for the correct home type. Since 1 January 2025, landlords must give a points calculation with new rental contracts. The rent-protection and points guide explains maximum rents and challenge deadlines.
Calculate possible huurtoeslag (rent benefit) separately using the rent-benefit guide. Check whether your budget covers the total rent while your application is being decided.
Apply in stages
Follow these steps in order. At each stage, share only the information needed for that decision and meet the stated deadline.
- Set search filters and alerts for your area, total budget, home type, household, move date and accessibility needs. Keep nearby areas and several suitable routes open.
- Respond through the platform or verified provider. Give a short introduction, household details, desired start date and the income or eligibility facts requested. Save identity copies for a verified document request.
- Ask for the selection criteria and order, rent breakdown, viewing arrangements and exact document list. Stop if the advertiser hides the address or demands money for a viewing or reservation.
- View the home. Compare its address and condition with the listing, test essential facilities and ask who handles repairs. Note meters, furniture and defects. Verify the landlord or agent too.
- Submit the requested evidence through the verified channel. Protect copies, give files clear names and save what you sent with the advertised terms.
- Ask for the selection result in writing. If rejected, ask for the reason or check the portal ranking under the rules below. If selected, request complete draft terms before agreeing to payment.
Landlords and agents must publish a clear selection procedure and use objective criteria. They must also explain why another applicant was chosen, with an exception for housing corporations using a woonruimteverdeelsysteem (housing-allocation system). Those corporations do not have to give an individual rejection explanation. Check the portal’s ranking and complaint procedure instead.
Check whether the listing ranks applicants by registration time, a lottery, first valid response or another published method. A response deadline tells you when to apply; the stated method tells you how selection works.
Protect the documents you send
The official viewing-document guidance (External site, opens in a new tab) gives examples of documents a provider may request. The table helps you check the request; you do not need every item for every application. Ask which document is needed, why and at what stage.
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| Evidence | Check the request | Protect the copy | Ask the provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | Valid passport, identity card, driving licence or residence document | Verify the recipient. Conceal the burgerservicenummer (BSN, citizen service number) and add recipient, purpose and date as a watermark | Can you show the original at the viewing? Which protected copy is needed later? |
| Employment income | Payslips, annual statement, employer statement or employment contract requested by the provider | Share only relevant pages and protect unrelated personnel identifiers | How many months are needed? Do allowances or your partner’s income count? |
| Self-employed or other income | Tax assessment, accountant’s figures, benefit statement, pension or student-finance overview requested by the provider | Use official documents where available. Keep figures unchanged. | Which income types and periods are accepted? Is an average over several years needed? |
| Household | Moving adults, household composition and any required BRP extract | Share household information about people moving with you. Provide anyone else’s household data only if the applicable allocation rule requires it. | Which household definition applies to this allocation or permit? |
| Bank or savings evidence | Any requested savings or payment-capacity evidence | Ask whether a balance-only document is enough. Hide unrelated transactions where permitted. | Are savings accepted for this listing, and how are they assessed? |
| Reference or borgsteller (guarantor) | Any requested previous-landlord statement or guarantor identity and income evidence | Check that the landlord accepts a guarantor before sharing that person’s documents. | Which country, income, liability and signature conditions apply to the guarantor? |
Check which income the landlord accepts
A requirement such as three times the rent is the landlord’s affordability policy; the multiple can vary by provider. Ask for the advertiser’s written calculation and check exactly which income counts before deciding whether you qualify. Use the questions below to check your income, identity and any alternative evidence.
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| Criterion | Details to check | Question to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Income multiple | Gross or net income, monthly or annual basis, holiday allowance, partner share and permitted benefits | What exact formula and minimum apply to this home? |
| Employment | Permanent, temporary, probationary, agency, foreign-employer or self-employed income | Which documents and history does this provider accept? |
| Identity or residence document | Which document the provider accepts as proof of identity | Which fields are needed? Nationality or origin must not be used as a discriminatory filter. |
| Guarantor | Whether a guarantor is accepted and any residence, income or contract conditions | What liability would the guarantor take on, and when are their documents needed? |
| Savings or advance payment | Whether savings or advance rent are accepted as evidence | Would this change the income assessment? Verify the home and written terms before considering any large transfer. |
Some municipalities require a huisvestingsvergunning (housing permit) for social or middle-rent homes. Local conditions can include income, household size or a connection with the region. Ask the municipality which rules apply to your address; see Amsterdam’s housing-permit rules (External site, opens in a new tab) for one local example.
If a provider rejects your income or guarantor, try a different route, budget, area or provider. Keep your evidence truthful.
Check student and adapted-housing routes
If you study, need an adapted home or receive employer support, check these routes alongside your other searches. Each provider sets conditions; confirm availability before relying on an offer.
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| Situation | Route | Limit |
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| Student | Register through SSH (student housing corporation) registration (External site, opens in a new tab) or the relevant provider; check institution-reserved housing | In October 2026, SSH lists a one-time €35 registration fee through ROOM (student housing registration platform) (External site, opens in a new tab) for Long Stay. Allocation uses registration time. |
| Accessible or adapted home | Tell the corporation the necessary features and ask the municipality about Wmo support, urgency or a suitable-home label | Conditions may include a Wmo decision or care indication. Ask the corporation which applies and request an adjustment if needed. |
| Employer or relocation support | Ask whether the employer, landlord or you hired the agent and who signs the tenancy | Clarify fees, term, address registration and what happens if employment changes before accepting. |
| Furnished Short Stay or temporary offer | Use the provider or educational institution’s own booking route and check the exact eligibility and period | Ask about the total price, any fixed departure date and the address-registration route. Check availability before relying on it as temporary housing. |
SSH’s Long Stay and Short Stay comparison (External site, opens in a new tab) explains the separate registration routes. Short Stay uses first-come booking at specific dates and needs approval from your educational institution. Long Stay uses registration time and may include an introduction night or viewing. Check availability in both systems.
A “student,” “expat,” “short stay” or “accessible” label gives too little information to decide whether you qualify or when you must leave. Check the draft contract and ask the municipality about registration and permits before paying.
Check for rental scams
Fraudehelpdesk (fraud advice service) (External site, opens in a new tab) explains how scammers copy real listings or arrange viewings in homes they briefly control. Check the person, property and payment separately. Access to a home, a key or a company logo alone does not prove the right to rent it out.
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| Signal | Independent check | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Price is unusually low or you must decide immediately | Compare similar bare and total rents; search the address and photos | Take time to verify the offer. Keep your money until the checks are complete. |
| Owner is abroad, avoids live questions or uses only messaging | Contact the agency using the number on its own website. Ask for evidence that it may rent out the home. | Do not rely on an emailed passport or company logo. |
| Photos, address or description appear elsewhere | Use Street View (street-level images) (External site, opens in a new tab) and reverse-image search. Search the name and address with “review,” “complaint” or “scam”. | Ask the platform and genuine advertiser whether the listing is authorised. |
| Deposit, rent, key fee or mediation fee requested before verified terms | Compare payee, account holder, contract party and agent role | Do not transfer to an unrelated person, cash service or crypto wallet. |
| Full identity and bank documents requested before basic property details | Ask why each field is needed and verify the secure upload domain | Share only the necessary protected documents, or stop the application. |
| Viewing or key looks convincing but authority is unclear | Confirm the unit, current occupier where appropriate, landlord or manager and written authority to rent it out. | A key or viewing proves access; check the right to rent out the home separately. |
If you paid a suspected scammer, contact your bank and ask whether it can stop or trace the payment. Save the listing, messages, account details, documents and receipts. Report to Fraudehelpdesk and notify the platform. The politie (police) fraud-reporting guidance (External site, opens in a new tab) explains how to make a report.
If you shared identity documents with a suspected scammer, contact Fraudehelpdesk for advice. For suspected misuse, follow the official identity-fraud steps (External site, opens in a new tab). They explain evidence, bank contact, police reports and help from Centraal Meldpunt Identiteitsfraude (CMI, Central Identity Fraud Reporting Centre) (External site, opens in a new tab).
Solve common rental-search problems
Match the problem to the route below. Keep the listing, criteria, messages, rejection, invoices and payment evidence so you can explain what happened.
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| Problem | First route | What that route can address |
|---|---|---|
| No selection method or no required reason after rejection | Ask the landlord or agent in writing, then use the municipality’s meldpunt goed verhuurderschap (good-landlordship reporting point) | Clear selection and objective criteria. Corporations using an allocation system do not owe an individual rejection explanation; check the portal’s ranking and complaint procedure. |
| Suspected discrimination or prohibited questions | Municipal reporting point or anti-discrimination service; the College voor de Rechten van de Mens (Netherlands Institute for Human Rights) (External site, opens in a new tab) can assess an individual complaint | Landlords may not use these personal characteristics to discriminate: origin, religion, political belief, sexual orientation, disability or health. |
| Landlord-agent fee, key money, excessive deposit or intimidation | Refuse or challenge in writing; report good-landlordship conduct to the municipality and seek legal advice for repayment | The municipality can act on landlord conduct. Get legal advice about recovering money; court action may be needed. |
| Possible excessive regulated rent, wrong points or service charges | Huurcommissie Rent Check and, where applicable, the municipality | Rent, points and service-charge disputes. Ask the landlord about the selection decision separately. |
| Suspected fake listing or payment fraud | Platform report, bank, police and Fraudehelpdesk | Remove the listing, preserve evidence and pursue fraud action. |
The official rental-selection rules (External site, opens in a new tab) allow relevant questions about contact details, household composition, net monthly income, income evidence and current rent or a landlord statement.
Landlords may not request ethnic or cultural background, religion, political preference, sexual orientation, or physical or mental health for selection. If you need an accessibility adjustment, you can still ask for one.
Housing corporations must investigate requests for effective disability adjustments. They must provide necessary effective adjustments covered by this duty unless these would place a disproportionate burden on them. A refusal on that ground needs proper investigation. The College’s housing-accessibility guidance (External site, opens in a new tab) explains requests and the burden assessment.
Bouwkundige of woontechnische aanpassingen (structural or housing-technical adaptations) fall outside this particular adjustment duty. Article 6c’s housing-adaptation exclusion (External site, opens in a new tab) sets this limit. Ask your municipality about the Wmo home-adaptation route (External site, opens in a new tab) for those changes.
Check the contract and collect the keys
Before accepting the offer, check these terms and keep the listed records. Continue checking even after a selection email.
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| Step | Verify | Keep |
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| Written offer | Exact unit, approved occupants, start date, bare rent, service and utility advances, deposit, furniture and any fee | The advertisement and complete written offer. |
| Landlord and agent | Legal name, contact details, permission to rent out the home and who the agent represents | Company and payment details plus the agent’s written role. |
| Draft contract | All promised terms and the point calculation; no blank fields or later side agreement | Reviewed draft; use the rental-contract guide for the contract decision. |
| Payment | Signed terms, matching payee and due dates; check the deposit limit below | Bank receipt and invoice; avoid cash. |
| Check-in and keys | Condition report, dated photos, inventory, meter readings, key count and recorded defects | Signed check-in record and copies stored outside the landlord portal. |
| After handover | BRP address, utilities, insurance and first payment schedule | Registration and service confirmations; budget other costs with the cost-of-living guide. |
For contracts agreed from 1 July 2023, the deposit is at most 2 months’ bare rent. For example, a new 2026 contract with €900 monthly bare rent allows a deposit of up to €1,800. Service charges are excluded from that calculation. For contracts agreed before 1 July 2023, the limit is 3 months’ bare rent. Key money is prohibited.
Read the final contract, resolve contradictions and verify the payee before paying. A promise that the contract will follow leaves those checks incomplete. Use a bank transfer or keep proof of payment. Keep the handover report and photos too.
Register at the address where you live
If you come to live in the Netherlands for more than 4 months, you must register in the BRP within 5 days of arrival. Register at the address where you live. A room can also be your registered home: shared facilities do not remove the duty to report your address.
The 5-day deadline has exceptions. If you have no valid residence status and are waiting for a required residence permit, you may register later. If you cannot prove your identity, you may await the municipality’s investigation. Ask the municipality what you need to do in your case.
Report a later move to the municipality where you will live. Check its evidence and timing requirements in the BSN and municipality-registration guide.
If the home, landlord, costs, contract and registration checks are clear, use the agreed payment and handover dates. If a check fails, ask for evidence or correction before you continue. Recheck subscription prices, annual limits and local allocation rules when you apply.
Continue with these guides:
Official Sources
- Rijksoverheid: Ik zoek een huurwoning (External site, opens in a new tab) - The national starting plan: find local housing corporations and other landlords, register where required, respond actively and ask the municipality about permits or urgency.
- Volkshuisvesting Nederland: 2026 income and rent limits (External site, opens in a new tab) - The 2026 corporation income limits, standard social-rent ceiling of €932.93 at 143 points, and standard middle-rent ceiling of €1,228.07 at 186 points.
- Rijksoverheid: Social-housing eligibility (External site, opens in a new tab) - How corporation allocation uses income and household conditions, the limited room for allocations above the main limits, and the distinction from private social rentals.
- Rijksoverheid: How long does a rental take? (External site, opens in a new tab) - That waiting varies by place, property and price; registration does not produce an automatic offer; and some homes use direct rental or lottery.
- Rijksoverheid: Urgency for a social rental (External site, opens in a new tab) - Local urgency conditions and the possible corporation rules where the municipality has no urgency rules.
- Rijksoverheid: Housing permits (External site, opens in a new tab) - That some municipalities require a huisvestingsvergunning for social rentals and may apply local income, household-size or regional-connection conditions.
- City of Amsterdam: Renting a home (External site, opens in a new tab) - A local example: DĀK Regio Amsterdam awards points for registration time and active searching, with extra points in some situations. The linked municipal guide names all four point types.
- Huurcommissie: Huurprijscheck (External site, opens in a new tab) - Separate Dutch and English rent checks for self-contained homes and rooms under the points systems.
- Rijksoverheid: Maximum rent by home type (External site, opens in a new tab) - The WWS home-type test: private facilities and household composition, with separate points systems for self-contained and non-self-contained accommodation.
- Rijksoverheid: Documents for a viewing (External site, opens in a new tab) - Examples of identity, income and household documents that a corporation or private landlord may request, plus the instruction to conceal the BSN on an ID copy.
- RvIG (National Office for Identity Data): KopieID app (External site, opens in a new tab) - How to conceal unnecessary fields and add the recipient, purpose and date as a watermark before sharing an identity-document copy.
- Rijksoverheid: Housing-market discrimination rules (External site, opens in a new tab) - Transparent selection procedures, objective criteria, relevant and prohibited questions. Read alongside the statutory corporation exception to individual rejection explanations.
- Rijksoverheid: Extra costs at the start of a tenancy (External site, opens in a new tab) - Deposit limits for contracts before and from 1 July 2023, the ban on key money and contract-making charges, and when a tenant can owe mediation costs.
- Rijksoverheid: Tenant rights and duties (External site, opens in a new tab) - Good-landlordship protections and the municipal reporting route for discrimination, intimidation, excessive deposits, unreasonable service charges and regulated-rent breaches.
- Rijksoverheid: BRP registration (External site, opens in a new tab) - Resident registration for stays over 4 months, the 5-day arrival deadline and its residence-status and identity-investigation exceptions.
- Rijksoverheid: Renting a room (External site, opens in a new tab) - That room renters must report their new address to the municipality and that room-rental and maintenance rules still apply.
- Regelhulp (government care-information service): adapted housing (External site, opens in a new tab) - Corporation and municipal routes for adapted housing, possible Wmo or care-indication conditions, and municipal Wmo support for larger home adaptations.
- SSH: Register for student housing (External site, opens in a new tab) - The distinction between Long Stay and Short Stay, the €35 ROOM registration example, registration-time allocation and institution-approved first-come Short Stay booking.
- Funda: Terms of Use (External site, opens in a new tab) - Funda’s role as a platform bringing together rental supply and demand; the named agent or advertiser handles the property response.
- Pararius: Questions for home seekers (External site, opens in a new tab) - Free registration and responses, optional paid Pararius+ alerts, and the advertiser’s responsibility for availability and selection.
- Kamernet: Subscription terms (PDF, about 181 KB) (External site, opens in a new tab) - September 2026 terms: paid responses, monthly renewal after initial 4- or 12-week periods, 2-week renewal, cancellation and advertiser-verification limits. The public help page describes different renewal periods; check the order before paying.
- Fraudehelpdesk: Check before you rent (External site, opens in a new tab) - Do not pay before checking the home and landlord; search the name and address, inspect Street View, reverse-search photos and treat even a viewing as insufficient proof by itself.
- College voor de Rechten van de Mens: Rental discrimination (External site, opens in a new tab) - The equal-treatment right in housing and the option to ask the College for an individual finding about suspected discrimination.
- SSH: Long Stay and Short Stay (External site, opens in a new tab) - Separate registration routes, Long Stay allocation and institution-approved Short Stay booking dates.
- College voor de Rechten van de Mens: Accessibility questions (External site, opens in a new tab) - Corporations must investigate requests and provide necessary effective disability adjustments covered by the duty, unless disproportionately burdensome. Read with Article 6c’s structural and housing-technical exclusion.
- Rijksoverheid: Points calculations with new contracts (External site, opens in a new tab) - Landlords must provide a points calculation with new rental contracts from 1 January 2025.
- Fraudehelpdesk: Rental fraud and identity copies (External site, opens in a new tab) - Checks for rental fraud and advice to contact Fraudehelpdesk after giving a suspected scammer an identity copy.
- Politie: Reporting fraud (External site, opens in a new tab) - How to find the appropriate police-reporting route for suspected fraud.
- Rijksoverheid: Steps after suspected identity fraud (External site, opens in a new tab) - Evidence, contacting the bank, police reports and support from CMI after suspected identity misuse.
- Staatsblad (official gazette) 2023, 103: Good-landlordship rules (External site, opens in a new tab) - Legal text behind selection and its corporation allocation-system exception, municipal reporting, written tenancy information and the two-month bare-rent deposit limit.
- Staatsblad 2024, 194: Rent points and household rules (External site, opens in a new tab) - Legal text behind WWS household composition and landlord-agreed use, qualifying subletting arrangements, and rent surcharges for qualifying new or historic homes.
- City of Amsterdam: Housing permits (External site, opens in a new tab) - A local example of housing-permit rules covering social and middle-rent homes; check which rules apply to the address.
- Rijksoverheid: Mediation fees for a rental (External site, opens in a new tab) - Landlord-agent mediation cannot be charged to the tenant under another name. A separately commissioned search outside the agent’s own stock may be payable.
- Kamernet: Current Premium plans (External site, opens in a new tab) - 2026 prices: recurring 2-week €29, 4-week €39 and 12-week €79 plans, including value-added tax. Its renewal periods differ from the September subscription terms.
- Kamernet: Cancellation and refunds (External site, opens in a new tab) - The same three recurring plans and prices, with cancellation at least 24 hours before the next billing date to avoid another charge.
- Pararius: Terms of use (External site, opens in a new tab) - Pararius does not participate in tenancy agreements. Article 14.7 says a Pararius+ subscription does not guarantee finding a suitable home.
- Government explanation: Landlords’ income requirements (External site, opens in a new tab) - Section 4.3 describes landlord-set income requirements, often three or four times the rent, used to reduce payment risk.
- Government response: Landlords’ income requirements (External site, opens in a new tab) - Section 5 discusses income requirements set by landlords and considers whether additional policy is needed.
- Rijksoverheid: Target-group rental contracts (External site, opens in a new tab) - The official campuscontract term applies to student or PhD tenancies, with study-status and target-group conditions.
- City of Amsterdam: Housing guide (PDF, about 917 KB) (External site, opens in a new tab) - Identifies DĀK Regio Amsterdam as the social-housing registration portal and names wachtpunten, zoekpunten, situatiepunten and startpunten. Used for the portal and point categories, not current income or rent limits.
- DUWO (student housing provider): ROOM registration platform (External site, opens in a new tab) - Identifies ROOM as the student-housing registration platform and links to ROOM.nl. Used to verify the registration destination, not current fees.
- Google Maps: Use Street View (External site, opens in a new tab) - How to find street-level imagery for a place or address through Google Maps.
- RvIG: Centraal Meldpunt Identiteitsfraude (External site, opens in a new tab) - The official identity-fraud reporting centre, with prevention advice and support for victims.
- Staatsblad 2009, 101: Housing-adjustment duty exclusion (External site, opens in a new tab) - Article 6c excludes structural and housing-technical adaptations from this particular effective-adjustment duty for housing.
- Funda: Consumer privacy notice (External site, opens in a new tab) - Listing contact and service requests are forwarded to the agent at the visitor’s request; supports the platform and advertiser distinction.
- Funda: Agent connection terms (External site, opens in a new tab) - Distinguishes the agent’s mediation instruction from the agreement between Funda and the agent. Read with the platform terms and consumer privacy notice.
- SSH: Long Stay registration and fee (External site, opens in a new tab) - Readable confirmation of the one-time €35 ROOM registration fee for SSH Long Stay and the role of registration time.
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