Zoetermeer: the ideal residential city
Zoetermeer is a fine city to live in. Residents are very satisfied with this city. There are many spacious houses with gardens and special examples of unique architecture. In addition, Zoetermeer is a green city, with many parks and beautiful polders nearby. The city has a good infrastructure. You can easily cycle there and public transport will quickly take you to cities such as The Hague, Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam. In short, Zoetermeer is a complete city: a nice place to live.
But Zoetermeer faces several housing challenges. Zoetermeer is also facing the national housing shortage and changes in the housing market. This makes it difficult for some people to find housing in our city. As a municipality, we see it as our task to address these challenges.
The new Public Housing Program
The Housing Vision from 2015 no longer matches today's situation and does not respond well enough to the changing housing wishes and needs of our (future) residents. Therefore, a new plan has now been drawn up: the Public Housing Program. This sets out how the municipality of Zoetermeer will deal with the growing need for housing in the coming years, the sustainability of the housing stock and the accessibility of housing for all residents.
In September 2024, the main points of the program were discussed with the City Council (see outline memorandum). The new Public Housing Program will soon be available for viewing on this page.
Building the future together
The Public Housing Program was created in collaboration with our partners: Fundis WelThuis, Humanitas DMH, Middin, Jeugdformaat, LIMOR, Fonteynenburg, representatives from Zoetermeer 2025 - a healthy Zoetermeer region, Palet Welzijn, Stichting Piëzo, health insurer CZ, Stedelink (formerly Vestia), De Goede Woning, Vidomes and representatives from the Stadsbouwakkoord (Bouwinvest, Syntrus Achmea) and residents' organizations.