The municipality is joining forces with no fewer than thirteen partners to combat ‘criminal residential use’ more quickly and thereby create more space for home seekers. The municipality hopes that this collaboration will remove criminals from neighborhoods and reduce the nuisance they cause.
This concerns, for example, homes that are used as warehouses for drugs, cannabis plantations, drug labs, prostitution and human trafficking. By working together with the police, Liander, various housing associations and several real estate agents, these types of practices must be better tackled and homes must be made available more quickly for people looking for a home.
To collaborate
But what exactly does that collaboration look like? If the police discover so-called ‘housing fraud’, the information is shared with the municipality. The municipality shares this information with the relevant parties involved. For example, in the case of a cannabis plantation, you can think of Liander, which is often accompanied by the tapping of electricity, and the landlord, who can terminate the lease. As a result, the criminals will be tackled ‘under criminal, administrative and civil law’, according to the municipality.
Responsible councilor Zita Pels (Public Housing) has confidence in the collaboration. “With this collaboration we can make it more difficult for criminals, improve the quality of life in neighborhoods and at the same time make homes available again for people who really need them.”
Homes to actually live in
The agreements that the parties have made with each other must contribute to improving the quality of life, public order and safety in the neighborhoods. This should also free up more homes to actually live in. The houses are distributed to the people who need housing the most.
2023-12-11 20:36:00
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