There is enormous enthusiasm for the 29 new social rental apartments in Eemnes: more than six hundred people have applied to rent such a house on the Aartseveen. This massive interest is yet another proof, also in Eemnes, that there is a great need for affordable housing. At the end of next month, the lucky starters and those moving on will receive the key to their new rental home.
Housing corporation De Alliantie is building a completely gas-free apartment complex on the former home of Hink Stap Sprong primary school. There are also nine family homes, which are already finished. In total, this brand new building will house fifteen two-room apartments and another fourteen with three rooms.
When registration for these new homes closed, it appears that 621 people have responded. Of these, 135 come from Eemnes itself. In figures, this means that the Alliance could have provided each home to an interested party 21.5 times.
There was a lot of interest, especially for the two-room apartments of 45 to 52 square meters. No less than 380 people have registered for these fifteen new homes. There were relatively fewer tenderers for the fourteen somewhat larger homes (size of 64 to 71 square meters): 241.
starters
It is certainly not the first time in Eemnes that there is a huge amount of interest in new homes. The temporary project on Barbeelstraat was completed earlier this year. In addition to 32 apartments for Ukrainian refugees, Eemnes has also placed eight tiny houses there for starters on the housing market. No fewer than 378 Eemnessers aged 23 to 30 registered for this.
Incidentally, Eemnes will deliver more than a hundred social homes this year. “By setting very specific allocation criteria for rental and owner-occupied homes per housing project, we can make maximum use of the flow in order to offer as many Eemnessers as possible a suitable home. Due to the package of measures and the completion of new construction, there will be one for Eemnes this year an unprecedented large number of social rental homes available,” explains alderman Theo Reijn.