You have become homeless due to job loss or divorce. If so, you have a chance of getting priority for social housing starting in 2024. The municipality plans to add the group, economically homeless, to the list of priority housing arrangements. For several years, healthcare personnel, police officers, teachers, young people, status holders and people with medical urgency have been given priority in the housing market. So now a new group is being added.
Vulnerable groups and certain professional groups are entitled to priority
The priority scheme for these groups is necessary to give vulnerable groups and certain occupational groups in Amsterdam a chance at housing. If you do not fall under one of these target groups then finding social housing has become very difficult. Het Parool writes that only 23 of the 7,000 houses go to people who are not in a priority situation.
Directing distribution of limited housing supply
Alderman Zita Pels wants to maintain control over the distribution of the limited housing supply. Alderman Pels’ proposals will be discussed in the City Council this fall and are now open to input from Amsterdam residents. The measures are part of a broader package, for example, the municipality is devising a new approach to public housing in Amsterdam. Read the entire Parool article here.
