Exchanging your social housing: this is how it works in Zoetermeer

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Home exchange can offer a solution, for example if your current rental home is too small or too large, you would prefer to live in a different neighborhood or would like a garden. Woonnet-Haaglanden now brings tenants who want to exchange their homes into contact with each other via a special page on their website.

Zoetermeer residents have been able to exchange rental properties for a long time through the Zoetermeer housing associations. This was only possible if both tenants rent from the same housing association. From now on it no longer matters: Woonnet-Haaglanden has one page created where home exchangers can find each other.

This is how home exchange works in the Haaglanden region

Residents of Zoetermeer who want to exchange their home can do this with other tenants housing associations from the Haaglanden region. In Zoetermeer this concerns the housing associations Stedelink, Goede Woning and Vidomes. But you can also exchange homes outside the city.

Via the website of Woonnet-Haaglanden you submit an application for a home exchange. After approval from the housing association, the advertisement with your house will appear on the site. This way, exchangers can get in touch with each other. If you find a suitable exchange partner, contact Woonnet-Haaglanden online.

The small print

Certain rules apply when exchanging homes. For example, you must both be registered as home seekers with Woonnet-Haaglanden. Your details must be up to date, you must not have any rental debt and the property must be in good condition. In addition, the housing associations have conditions that concern household size, income and possibly age. Click on the links below to see the conditions per housing association in Zoetermeer:

Good to know

Do you now also want to exchange your house for another place? Then it is good to be aware of the following points:

  • You will live in the new home for at least a year.
  • The rent for your new home may be higher.
  • You pay administration costs to the housing association.
  • Only after an inspection will you receive final permission to exchange homes.
  • If you find a new home through a home exchange, you will lose your registration time at Woonnet Haaglanden.

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