RefugeeHomeNL pairs host families and refugees from Ukraine with each other. So you can live with a host family voluntarily and without obligation. Are you staying with a host family? Then you as a guest do not have to give any financial compensation to the host household. Host households are allowed to ask for an allowance for energy costs, for example, but you are not obliged to do so. For staying with a host family, you will receive a supplement to your living allowance. An allowance may never exceed the amount of the supplement to your living allowance. Per February 1, 2023, the supplement to your living allowance will be reduced to €93 per person.
RefugeeHomeNL emphasizes voluntariness and lack of obligation. The organization believes that guests who have to pay for their stay no longer do so without obligation. As a result, these guest households can no longer fall under the banner of RefugeeHomeNL, which means there is no longer support for living together.
Are you staying with a host family and being offered a lease so that you can have longer housing? If so, it is important to be well-informed about other options of accommodation, for example:
You can take the lease, before you sign it, to a walk-in clinic or to an online consultation hour of VluchtelingenWerk Nederland. During the consultation hour, they can check whether it is a fair contract so you can make an informed decision. You can use the appointment planner on RefugeeHelp to make an appointment for an online consultation hour.
Should you not want to use those options above and sign the rental agreement, it is important that both you and your host household de-register from RefugeeHomeNL.