Housing
You may move to a municipality as soon as you have a residence permit. The government decides which municipality you will move to. The municipality provides housing and pays attention to your personal circumstances.
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This is how you can get a home
Information
How do you keep your heating costs down?
Winter has begun, it is cold outside. You want your home to stay warm, but heating costs a lot of money. In this article you will read simple tips to keep your heating (energy) costs down. This way you can save money and still keep your home nice and warm.
This is what you need to take care of when you rent or buy your own home
If you rent a house in the Netherlands, there are a number of things you need to arrange. Below you will find information about living expenses, insurance, reporting your address to the municipality and rent allowance.
What should you do if something breaks in your social housing?
Sometimes something breaks in your home, such as a tap, window or boiler. Some repairs you have to do yourself, other repairs the housing association has to do. This article tells you who should do what kind of repairs and what you can do if something breaks in social housing.
How do you find and rent a home in the Netherlands?
If you have a temporary residence permit, you can rent a home in the Netherlands. But it is important to know the rules. This article will help you with all the information you need, from the types of homes to the documents you need.
Buying a house in the Netherlands if you have a temporary residence permit
In the Netherlands, anyone can buy a house. Even if you are not Dutch or do not have a permanent residence permit.
Living in the Netherlands if you are under 18 and living without your family
If you are younger than 18, came to the Netherlands alone and have a residence status here, you fall under the unaccompanied minor foreign national (AMV) rules. If you fall under the AMV rules, you are not allowed to live alone. NIDOS helps you find housing. In this article you can read what help you get and where you can live.
This is how you live in the reception centre while waiting for a house from the municipality
Do you have an asylum residence permit and are you waiting for a home at the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA)? On this page you can read important information for your situation.
Additional information on reporting requirements in the reception centre while you do not yet own your own house
Do you have an asylum residence permit and are you still living in a reception location of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA)? Then you are obliged to report there, just as you did during your asylum procedure. Do you not do this? Then you could lose your place in a reception centre and weekly allowance. You will not get this back afterwards.
What you need to know if you want to move into a house in another municipality
Do you have an asylum residence permit and do not want to live in the municipality assigned to you? Then it depends on your situation whether this is possible. Often it is not possible, but in some situations you can still change municipality.
This is how lodging with a host family works while you wait for a house
Do you have an asylum residence permit, but there is no home for you yet? Then you can temporarily lodge with a host family. That way you do not have to stay in the reception centre all the time. In this article you can read how this works.