Housing Permit

A housing permit is a permit to live in social rental housing and mid-rent housing. You need this permit if:

  • You will rent a low-cost home from a private landlord, with a rent below €900.07 per month.
  • You are going to rent a middle rented house with a rent lower than € 1,184.82 per month or less than 187 points according to the Housing Rating System (WWS).

You also need a housing permit if you rent from a housing corporation, but you do not have to apply for this permit yourself. The housing corporation will do that for you. This applies if you rent a house from:

  • The Good Housing
  • Mooiland
  • Stedelink (formerly Vestia)
  • Vidomes

Income limits

You can get a housing permit only if your income meets. In 2025, your income satisfies as the maximum annual taxable income:

Type of rentalTaxable income per household per year
Social rentmaximum € 49,669 for single-person household
maximum € 54,847 for multiple-person household
Middle Rentmaximum € 67,366 for single-person household
maximum € 89,821 for multiple-person household

Price changes and typographical errors reserved.

Apply

Fill out the form: 

Apply for housing permit

Enclose with the form

  • Landlord's completed attachment (pdf). Make a scan of the completed attachment, not a photo.
  • Copy ID (or residence document) of yourself and all persons moving with you.
  • Copy payslip or a statement of your benefits for the last 3 months of yourself and all persons moving with you.

Are you an entrepreneur? If so, you must also include the attachments below: 

  • An official statement from your bookkeeper or accountant with the information below:
    • Your current gross income.
    • A financial statement for the previous year.
    • An excerpt from the Chamber of Commerce.

If you and/or co-movers cannot provide these documents:

  • A statement of recorded income for the previous year.
    or
  • A final income tax assessment from the previous year.

The municipality looks at whether your income and the size of your family are proportional to the rent and living space. Is that the case? Then you will receive the permit.

Costs

A housing permit costs €38.32. You will receive an assessment for this separately from the decision.

Price changes and typographical errors reserved.

How long will it take?

The municipality will decide within 8 weeks of receiving your application with all accompanying documents.

Useful links

Information from the central government

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