Netherlands to cap rents on thousands of homes at 1,100 euros

16 comments

1. Not sure what your point is here?

   That they’re better than us for bringing in rent caps? Or they’re just as bad as us as they’re also facing massive rent increases and shortages of available accommodation?

2. The legal weed must have rotted their brains. Don’t they know the free market will sort it out?

3. I think there should just be a cap based on the size of the homes being rented, as in a euro limit per square metre

4. While I don’t doubt the article, I find it strange that I can only find about 3 articles about it, all from bloomberg.

5. >Haven’t they been told that these things can’t be solved overnight

   This proposal isn’t being introduced till 2024 – article is quite vague

6. Such a policy might seem like a good idea, if you’re an idiot.

   Seriously, while this might seem great if you’ve already got a place, it makes it so much worse for people who need a place. It disincentivises people from renting out rooms/homes, which further reduces supply in the middle of a housing crisis which is driven by a supply shortage.

   Honestly, it’s the kind of stupid, short sighted populist policies that morons implement

7. Rent control policies are a contentious topic and there is no consensus among economists about their overall effectiveness. Some studies have found that rent control policies can benefit existing tenants by helping to keep housing costs affordable, while others have found that these policies can lead to negative consequences such as reducing the supply of rental housing, decreasing the quality of housing, and discouraging new construction.

8. If this is legal could it solve our problems overnight? I know we still need more houses.

   It would force a load of landlords to sell up and flood the market. People renting a place might even offer to buy it off their landlord.

   I guess it would kill investment in the building industry so the government would need a massive loan from the ECB to keep the machine going.

9. OP with a ridiculous Strawman is a poor start to a reasoned discussion.

10. Finding an apartment on the private rental market for €1,100 or even €1,000 a month is tough over there, however. We went in 2019 and found an apartment that was €1,300 (granted it was large and in a great location) so I’m sure the same apartment would be even more now. The quality of rentals is much better than Ireland though!

11. >Silly Dutch. Haven’t they been told that these things can’t be solved overnight, therefore they can never be solved.

    The article has no details of how they’re going to implement it.

12. This sub is full of FFG pricks

    Good post OP

13. how will the landlords profit

    it should be illegal to lose money on an investment

14. If anyone cared about this issue in ireland, it wouldve been already solved

15. This article is quite vague on the system that De Jonge wants to adapt. There seem to be hardly any Dutch sources on this also (after a short search).

    The rent price for the 300,000 homes in this article is based on a point system that determines what the maximum rent price may be. By changing this point system the maximum rent price will be lower for these homes, however it will mean that other houses could increase in price.

    So far it also only seems to be a proposal for the cabinet to consider, so who knows what could happen. Not us, and not even our buddy De Jonge.

    Only new renters in 2024 of these houses would be benefiting from this new system. Definitely not a solution for the long term

16. This is a great idea.