📋 Tender Overview
The Municipal Executive wants to tackle long-term vacancy of homes by obliging owners to have their homes occupied again as soon as possible. The government has made it possible for Amsterdam to take mandatory action within the Crisis and Recovery Act to combat vacancy. The proposal to adjust the vacancy ordinance is under public consultation from 17 February to 31 March.Alderman Jakob Wedemeijer Wonen We are in a housing crisis and it is impossible to explain that houses are unnecessarily empty because for example the rents are too high or because owners wait too long with renovations or renovations. With this tightening we can force owners to rent out homes for a market-based rental price. If there is no demand for expensive rental properties the rent simply has to come down.With the new rules the municipality can oblige owners to make a house habitable again within a certain period of time and can oblige owners to apply for a permit for temporary rental so that houses that are only renovated or demolished over a long period of time can be occupied in the meantime. could be. In addition the vacancy consultation in which the municipality makes agreements with the owner about putting the house into use will be brought forward from three to two months after the vacancy notification. If the measures are violated a fine can now be imposed order subject to penalty. This was not possible before and a fine could only be imposed for not reporting the vacancy.
