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'Rental allowance' is the direct translation of 'huurtoeslag', a subsidy specifically aimed at making housing in the regulated rental sector affordable.
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A housing model where residents collectively own and manage their own properties, a niche sector in the Netherlands that receives some government support for its creation.
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'Rental allowance' is yet another English term for the official Dutch huurtoeslag. This entry focuses on the specific limitations of the allowance, particularly the rent limit, which effectively excludes a huge portion of the rental market. The system is not designed to help everyone with rent, but only to support those in the most affordable segment of the housing market.
The most significant limitation of the rental allowance is the huurtoeslaggrens or liberalisatiegrens (liberalization threshold). This is a maximum basic rent price set by the government each year. To be eligible for huurtoeslag, your initial basic rent must be below this threshold. As of 2025, this threshold is around €879. If your basic rent is even one euro above this limit, you are completely ineligible to receive any rental allowance, regardless of how low your income is. This creates a hard cut-off. Since almost all properties in the 'free sector' (vrije sector) have a starting rent far above this limit, tenants in the free sector are effectively barred from receiving this subsidy. This is a critical piece of information for anyone searching for a rental property on a limited budget.
The strict rent limit for huurtoeslag creates a major societal problem. There is a severe shortage of affordable housing in the regulated sector, with waiting lists that can be over a decade long in major cities. This forces many people with modest incomes to rent in the much more expensive free sector. However, because the rents in the free sector are above the huurtoeslaggrens, they are unable to receive any rental allowance to help with these high costs. This squeeze is a major topic of political debate in the Netherlands, with many advocating for reforms to the housing allowance system to provide support for the 'middle renters' who are currently left out.