Housing associations have every reason not to raise rents for prejudiced residents, according to a tour by RTL Nieuws. Different housing associations in the same area sometimes make very different choices.
Director Stefan van Schaik explains that for Wooncompagnie renting 14,000 apartments in North Holland was an important choice. “The group that earns a little more is very small in size. These are also people who are professional, for example teaching or working in a shop. They are not people who earn a lot. We think we can ‘do no more than we could ask for’ there.
“Tenants have nowhere to go”
Woonpalet, a small housing company in Zeewolde, says it will not implement the rent increase, partly because it does not need the extra money. Another argument is that crooked natives have no way out, according to Woonpalet. Due to the housing crisis, there is little or no room for middle incomes in the free sector, so Woonpalet does not expect that prejudiced residents will leave their homes after a rent increase. Of the 2,000 tenants of this housing association, 170 households have a higher or higher average income, but do not receive any additional rent increases.
In nearby Lelystad, the Centrada housing association hopes that the rent increase will improve traffic flow. “The measure enables these households to search for rental properties or housing for sale in the free sector. It is desirable (…) especially in view of the waiting times for social housing in Lelystad.”
Source: RTL
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