Pay little for a rental home in Zoetermeer. That sounds almost impossible these days, but this is the case with a number of Zoetermeer residents. That’s because they live skewed. What percentage of the tenants is involved?
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In 2021, approximately 7 percent of all tenants in the Netherlands engaged in crooked living. That is a lot less than in 2012, when it was first measured. At the time, this was still 12 percent of the tenants. It is not known to the Woonbond how this number has fallen.
What exactly is crooked living?
Someone who lives skewed, actually earns too much for his social housing. These homes are intended for people with a lower income. The crooked residents of Zoetermeer met that income requirement when they received the key to their home.
These are the income requirements
The income limit in 2022 will be 40,765 euros gross per year for a single-person household and 45,014 euros gross per year for a multi-person household. People who live in a crooked way now earn (slightly) more.
Skewed living in Zoetermeer
The figures for Zoetermeer differ from the national figures. In our city this concerns 8.2 percent of the tenants. Compared to 2012, it has decreased: in 2012 the percentage stood at 9.2 percent. The peak was in 2015 when 12.1 percent of the Zoetermeer tenants lived in a crooked way. We are a frontrunner in the province of South Holland: in The Hague the percentage of skewed residents is 6.7 percent, in Delft 6.4 percent and in Alphen aan den Rijn 7.3 percent.
Pay more by living skewed
There has been a long queue for social housing for years, which is why a new rule has been in place since 1 July. Zoetermeer residents who live crookedly can for the first time have to deal with a extra rent increase† People who live alone in a social rented house and earned more than 47,948 euros in 2020 must pay 50 euros more in rent per month. Anyone who earns more than 56,527 euros pays 100 euros extra. In multi-person households, the rent also rises by 100 euros.