You can have someone from the reception centre stay with you temporarily
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Do you have your own home and an extra room to spare? You can let someone who currently lives in an asylum seekers' centre (AZC) stay with you. This article tells you how that works.
Someone can stay with you temporarily instead of in the reception centre
Do you have an asylum residence permit and your own home? Then via the
This allows the person who comes to stay with you to live with a family for a time instead of in the reception centre. That person then also does not have to report to COA in person for 3 months.
There are 2 ways to have someone stay with you:
1. You can have someone you know who has sought asylum stay with you
Do you know someone staying in an AZC and would like to take care of them temporarily? If so, you can. COA has a lodging arrangement that allows people who have applied for an asylum residence permit to stay with friends or family for 3 months. The people you know or family can arrange this through their contact at COA. Read how this works via the link below.
You may now temporarily stay with acquaintances if you have sought asylum
2. You can let someone with a residence permit you do not know stay with you
Do you want to host someone you do not know? Via TakeCarebnb, you can become a host family for people with a residence permit who are waiting in asylum reception centres for a home of their own. To do so, you register with TakeCarebnb. Then you will have an interview with someone from TakeCarebnb.
TakeCareBnb will look for a lodger who is a good match for you. After a trial period of one weekend during which you and your guest see if it clicks, you can live together for 3 months. The person who helps you from TakeCareBnb remains your contact during those 3 months and answers questions from you and your guest.
Do you not like the stay within those 3 months? Then TakeCareBnb may be able to find another host family for your guest. Please contact your contact person at TakeCareBnb.
Application form to become a host family
You and your lodger sign a lodging contract
Have you decided you want to become a host family and have a lodger? Then you will sign a lodging contract. This contract contains agreements about the length of the stay and what arrangements you will make about it.
After the lodging period starts, your lodger must register at your address within 5 days.
Taking in a lodger can have financial implications
The stay may have consequences on, for example, the amount of your social security benefit or the benefits you receive. TakeCareBnb or COA can support you if you have further questions.
Below is an overview of the most important information:
Possible consequences for your state pension
If you receive state pension, it may be reduced if someone stays with you. To prevent your state pension from being reduced, you should contact the
Will the guest stay longer than 6 months? Then inform the SVB before those 6 months are over.
Possible consequences on your welfare benefits
If you have welfare benefits, they may be reduced if someone comes to stay with you. This does not apply to Takecarebnb. But the municipality may think differently. Make arrangements with your municipality and put these arrangements in writing before the lodging period begins.
Possible consequences on your municipal taxes and fees
When someone comes to stay, municipal taxes and charges may increase. For example, rubbish collection and water taxes. This usually happens when you live alone. And it usually involves small amounts, usually a few tens per year.
Check this with your municipality. If this happens, you can ask the municipality if you do not have to pay it because someone lives with you for a very short time. If that does not work out, consult with your guest to see if they can help financially.
Possible consequences for your allowances
If you are entitled to allowances such as rental or healthcare allowances, they may be reduced if your guest is considered your partner. This is also called an allowance partner. But your guest is not an allowance partner if (at least) 1 of these statements is true:
You have a spouse or registered partner.
Your guest has a spouse or registered partner and can prove it.
You and your guest have no children together who are under 18 years of age.
If both of you are single and there are no resident children under the age of 18, your guest is not an allowance partner. In doubt? Then do the benefits partner check on the website of the
Additional information about rental allowance
If you have a lodger, this may also affect the amount of your rental allowance. This depends on your joint income. Does your guest not work or does your guest only receive money from COA? If so, this will not affect your rental allowance.
Does your lodger have a job? Then this may affect your rental allowance. This depends on how much money you earn together. You can calculate this via the
'Mijn toeslagen'
You can extend the stay
After 3 months, does your lodger still not have their own home? And are you happy with the stay? Your guest can ask COA if they can stay with you longer.
Do you not want this? Then your lodger will get another place in the reception centre at COA.
Is your lodger offered a home by your municipality? Then the lodging arrangement stops.