Rent increase

We increase the rent of your home only once every 12 months. This is stipulated by law. This is subject to an exception for rent increases after renovation (such as making your property more sustainable). In the case of a new rental contract, the rent can be increased within the first 12 months of the rental contract

Social sector rentals

For 2025, we have set the rent increase for the social segment at a maximum of 4.1%. There will be no income-related rent increase. The rent increase must not raise the rent above the maximum rent limit associated with the property’s number of points. We must inform our tenants at least two months before the rent increase takes effect on 1 July. So this year you will receive a notice before 1 May

Mid-rental segment

The rents of homes in the mid-rental segment will be increased by a maximum of 4.1%. The rent increase may not raise the rent above the maximum rent limit associated with the property’s number of points.

If you rent a house in the mid-rental segment, we do not need to send a rent increase letter. However, we would like to inform our tenants about the rent increase in a timely and correct manner. We inform tenants at least one month before the rent increase on 1 July. So this year, you will receive a message before 1 June.

Private rental sector

The rents of our liberalised rental contracts will be increased by a maximum of 4.1% this year The government has set a limit on the maximum rent increase in the private sector until 1 May 2029. The maximum rent increase in the private sector is based on the lower of the collective wage development or inflation (CPI). Landlords are allowed to add 1% to the lower of these two percentages. From December 2023 to December 2024, inflation (on average) was 3.1%. Wage growth came in at 6.7%. Therefore, in 2025 we will use the inflation rate to calculate the maximum rent increase.

If you have a liberalised rental agreement, we do not have to send a rent increase letter. However, we would like to inform our tenants of the rent increase in a timely and correct manner. We will inform tenants at least one month before the rent increase on 1 July. So this year you will receive a message before 1 June.

You rent a social rental house from if the basic rent on the effective date of the rental contract did not exceed the liberalisation threshold or mid-rental threshold at that time. The liberalisation threshold is the amount that, when the rent takes effect, marks the boundary between a social rental home and a mid-rental segment home or a private sector home.

With effect from 1 July 2024, the Affordable Rent Act came into force. This law effectively created a third category, the mid-rental segment. This category applies to new contracts that started on 1 July 2024 for properties with between 144 and 186 points according to the Housing Rating System.

You are renting a property in the private sector, or have a liberalised rental contract, if the initial rental price of the property was higher than the liberalisation threshold at the time. If you entered into a rental contract as of 1 July 2024, you are renting in the private sector if the property has 187 points or more.

For more information

In the case of a social rental home, we must send you a rent increase proposal at least two months before the effective date of the rent increase. You must therefore have received this proposal by 30 April at the latest, if the rent increase takes effect on 1 July.

The rent increase letter must cover the following topics:

• effective date of the rent increase
• current and new basic rent
• percentage or amount by which the rent will be increased
• whether an income-related rent increase applies (including an income indication from the Dutch Tax Office)
• how to file an objection.

Other conditions for a rent increase:

• the rent increase must not raise the rent above the maximum rent according to the points system
• the rent may not be increased if the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) has temporarily lowered the rent due to maintenance shortcomings
• the rent may not be increased if a request for rent reduction has been submitted to the Rent Tribunal before the effective date of the rent increase, based on maintenance shortcomings.

If you rent a property in the mid-rental segment or private sector, there are no requirements for any rent increase letter.

This year there is no income-dependent rent increase. This means that we do not request income data from the tax authorities.

A difference in rents between comparable houses may arise due to a difference in the effective date of the rental contract or the type of rental contract (social, mid-rental or private sector).

When increasing rents that fall into the social and mid-rental segments, the rent increase cannot raise the rent above the maximum rent limit associated with the property’s number of points.

For example, your neighbours may have a regulated rental agreement (which is subject to a maximum rent limit) and you may have a liberalised rental agreement, which is not subject to a maximum rent limit. As a result, your neighbours may receive a lower rent increase percentage than you.

The annual rent increase is also determined in part by the market rent. The market rent is determined on the basis of:

• Market analysis based on market trends
• Competition analysis based on comparable properties/complexes
• Age, turnover rate and vacancy rate of homes (in the complex)
• Maintenance, finishing and location of homes
• Affordability

The gap between the contract rent and the market rent determines the room for rent increases. Within this room, we obviously adhere to the legal and contractual agreements.

We abide by the legal and contractual regulations when increasing our rents. You cannot object to a rent increase of 5% or less because this falls within the legal regulations. Complaints about maintenance, a drop in income or nuisance, for example, are not valid grounds for an objection.

If you do want to object, you can submit your objection to us before 30 June 2025. You can do this through My Vesteda. Your objection must meet a number of formal requirements. You can find more information about this on the Dutch Rent Tribunal website (in Dutch): www.huurcommissie.nl

If you use a direct debit, we will automatically adjust the monthly amount. If you have a standing order with your bank, then we kindly request you to adjust the amount as of 1-7-2025. If you would still like to authorize Vesteda for a direct debit, you can easily arrange this on the website mijn.vesteda.com.

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In 2022, retired tenants could make use of a coupon scheme under specific conditions. With this, we wanted to prevent tenants, whose pensions were not indexed in that year, from being unable to support themselves due to extreme inflation.

As in 2024, Vesteda will not apply a coupon scheme for retired tenants in 2025, as pensions have been indexed in recent years.