News item | 16-05-2025 | 09:24
The specific benefit (Spuk) promising neighborhood is continued for the twenty areas of the National Liveability and Safety Program (NPLV). Minister Mona Keijzer of Housing and Spatial Planning (VRO) started the internet consultation for this today. For this second round – which runs from 2026 to 2028 – more than € 400 million has been made available.
With the Spuk Kansrich Wijk, the empire supports local NPLV alliances in strengthening the quality of life and safety in their area. The consultation runs until 2 June and the scheme is expected to enter into force on July 1, 2025. The final amounts and themes are communicated at the entry into force and for some themes after Prinsjesdag.
Themes and parts
The Spuk promising neighborhood focuses on interventions that contribute to reintegration, the prevention of money worries and increasing opportunities for opportunities for children and young people (via ‘school and surroundings’). Interventions are also supported that strengthen social cohesion and promote financial education.
In the second tranche, the spending options have been expanded and more focused on ambitions and results. There is also an integral budget available to focus on these themes. Furthermore, the scheme contains a fixed amount per area for supporting the local program organization.
Bundled money flow for a coherent approach
The Spuk Kansrich Wijk is a cash flow specifically for the 20 areas of the National Program for Liveability and Safety and for which the resources are bundled from the Ministries of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) and Housing and Spatial Planning (VRO). € 256 million was available for the first tranche.
By bundling the money flows, municipalities in NPLV areas can make an application more easily on behalf of the local alliance and use the Spuk for a coherent approach to stacked problems. The mayors involved insisted in 2022. Many people in these neighborhoods are struggling with a combination of problems such as unemployment, poverty, educational disadvantages, housing problems and poor health. The 20 NPLV areas work hard from the local alliances to improve the quality of life. The resources from the first tranche of the Spuk Kansrijk Wijk support in this.
Results First Tranche Spuk Kansrijk Wijk
In Breda-Noord, for example, the Spuk promising neighborhood is used for free breakfast boxes for school-going children in vulnerable neighborhoods. In Roosendaal Ring, children from 2 to 4 years are offered free pre -school education. And in Arnhem-Oost the Youth Cyber Team (YCT) is being strengthened and expanded with this Spuk. In addition, people with a support need are trained to become energy mixers. They help vulnerable households to lower their energy consumption by providing advice and implementing energy -saving measures.