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 in the area. 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 is ready!
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). And now the council has agreed to make the program available for public inspection. From May 14 to June 24, 2025, anyone can view the Public Housing Program on this page.
Come to the Public Housing Program presentation!
You will soon read about the plan on this page, but you can sign up now to attend its presentation! Then sign up quickly and don't miss it!
Date: May 15, 2025
Where: Club Entrance, Boerhaavelaan 33
Walk-in from: 1:30 p.m.
Presentation: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
You can register here.
Care, welfare and support
In addition to new construction and sustainability, there is also a focus on care and support in the city. What facilities, care and housing is needed to continue living comfortably as you get sick or older?
Due to an aging population, the number of elderly people in the city is likely to increase by 30% over the next 10 years. Young people and vulnerable groups also have different wants and needs when it comes to housing and care. There is increasing demand for new housing forms and locations where people can live independently with care and support close by. How are we going to address this?
The municipality and organizations in the fields of care, welfare and housing also considered this question. The results have been compiled in the Public Housing Program.
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.