Housing permit for tenants

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 assists the tenant in applying.

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 economic or social ties to the municipality of 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 can be found 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, letter of allotment or lease when applying for the permit showing 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 period once by 6 weeks.