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Comment by belter

Well not at the moment to start with:

"Government rules that tenants cannot be evicted during corona crisis"

https://www.iamexpat.nl/housing/real-estate-news/government-...

Also tenants can sign contract with you ( as landlord) and immediately go to the Huur Commissie and argue their rent is too high. So it will be lowered if they first signed a different contract with the landlord.

https://www.huurcommissie.nl/

Concerning what you seem to describe as a very smooth process I have strong doubts. If a tenant lawyer argues there is a temporary situation with the family, children take priority etc...A Dutch judge will not ignore all that, and simply take the major step of putting children under foster care, if the landlord does not need the house to live there himself. Specially taking into account the dire situation of foster care in the Netherlands:

"The decline in foster parents means that the Netherlands is facing a shortage. According to Foster Care Netherlands, 3,500 foster families are needed each year. Last year there were only 2,566. Currently over 700 children are waiting for a place in a family..."

https://nltimes.nl/2020/01/09/many-foster-parents-quit-lack-...

I know a landlord who waited 2 years. Just a data point I would agree, but I strongly doubt its the smooth process you describe.

parent belter 5 years ago

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