We want the housing permit to give people who have a social or economic connection to Heerlen priority for affordable rental housing from a private landlord in Heerlen.
The tenant applies for the housing permit.
The landlord provides the tenant with all the information needed for this permit and helps them apply.

As a tenant, you need a housing permit if:

• Your landlord rents 3 or more homes in Heerlen.
• You are 18 years of age or older.
• At least 1 adult within your household has an economic or social connection to municipality Heerlen.
• You live or want to move to or within Heerlen.
• You are in possession of a rental agreement or the allocation letter for the property.
• The bare rent of the property is a maximum of €697.07 per month. 'Bare' means without gas, water, electricity and service charges. The bare rent is stated in the rental agreement or in the allocation letter.
• Someone in your household in Heerlen works in the vital sector as a nurse, teacher or police officer. You will be given priority for the housing permit. 

The landlord informs the tenant and helps with the application:

• He ensures that the tenant can provide a statement, allocation letter or lease when applying for the permit that includes the bare rent
• He makes sure the tenant gets a statement from him about the number of homes he privately rents in Heerlen.

The municipality decides within 8 weeks of receiving your application. The municipality may extend this deadline once by 6 weeks.