Housing associations are not automatically permitted to sell their housing stock. Especially if homes are sold at a discount, the association must comply with regulations imposed by the minister. The present conditions for selling homes to natural persons for own occupation at a discount of more than 10% have now ... Read More »
Tag Archives: Housing association
Feed SubscriptionDrastic changes to the housing valuation system
December 4, 2013
Minister Stef Blok (Housing and the Central Government Sector) plans to introduce a new points system for valuing housing in the context of determining the maximum rent. Read More »
Aedes and the government make agreements on housing associations
November 12, 2013
The government has made agreements with Aedes, the umbrella organisation of housing associations, on the role of housing associations in investments, on segregating activities and on the role of the regulator, the Social Housing Guarantee Fund (WSW). Read More »
The Energy Agreement: the consequences for the property sector
October 29, 2013
On Friday, 6 September 2013 the Energy Agreement was signed by Minister Kamp on behalf of the government and a great number of organisations. My colleague Sebastiaan van de Kant has already written about the main points of the agreement and the ten pillars. One of these pillars is energy ... Read More »
Aedes and the government make agreements on housing associations
October 29, 2013
The government has made agreements with Aedes, the umbrella organisation of housing associations, on the role of housing associations in investments, on segregating activities and on the role of the regulator, the Social Housing Guarantee Fund (WSW). Minister Blok for Housing and the Central Government Sector announced this in a ... Read More »