ANP Rented house in the free sector
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 16:49
The law that maximizes rent increases in the private sector must be extended until May 1, 2027. Demissionary Minister De Jonge of Public Housing writes to the House of Representatives that he wants to prevent about 500,000 tenants from being confronted with sharp rent increases next year.
The law, an initiative of PvdA MP Nijboer, has been in force since May 2021. The permitted annual rent increase is therefore limited to the average wage increase, plus 1 percent.
This is a temporary measure, which expires on 1 May 2024. According to De Jonge, an evaluation shows that protection of tenants is still necessary. Many landlords have nevertheless increased the rent above the legal limit in 2021 and 2022. That number even increased.
Relationship with landlord
However, this did not lead to more procedures at the rent assessment committee. “An explanation may be that tenants seem to be little familiar with the law,” the minister writes in the letter. It is also possible that tenants want to maintain a good relationship with their landlord and therefore accept the increase.
De Jonge therefore wants to extend the law until 2027. By then, a new law should be in force that regulates the so-called ‘middle rent’. Many private sector homes fall into that category.
In the meantime, the minister will look at how he can ensure that the temporary law is better observed and how he can better force landlords to comply with the maximum rent increase.
Due to the fall of the cabinet, the question is whether the introduction of the new one will continue. It is possible that the House of Representatives will declare the proposal controversial in September and will not consider it until the elections.
2023-07-13 14:49:38
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