The licence will include conditions aimed at improving the quality of accommodation (decent and safe housing) for migrant workers. The following conditions will be included:
- You must comply with the rules set out in the Good Landlord Act. See the section entitled ‘Rules of good landlordhip’;
- You have applied for all other licences required for letting, such as an environmental licence for letting rooms or an environmental licence for non-compliant use;
- For every migrant worker who does not live in a household with another migrant worker, a separate and lockable living space must be available that complies with the requirements of the building regulations;
- There must be at least one toilet for every eight people. Every room containing a toilet must be lockable;
- There must be at least one shower for every eight people. Each shower cubicle must be lockable;
- There must be sufficient opportunity to do the washing (or have it done);
- There must be at least 30 litres of fridge/freezer space per person;
- There must be a hob with at least four burners. For more than eight people, there must be at least one burner for every two people; for more than 30 people, there must be at least 16 burners. In studios for up to two occupants, there must be at least two burners plus a microwave or oven;
- The rent for the living area within a residential property must not be too high, and must in any case be lower than the statutory maximum rent. See the Rent check for calculating the statutory maximum rent.
- The annual rent increase is within the statutory maximum rent increase.
What is a migrant worker?.
A migrant worker is a national of another Member State of the European Union who does not have their main residence in the Netherlands and is staying in the Netherlands to carry out temporary work (definition taken from the Law on Good Landlord Practices). In other words, someone who:
- Coming from another country in the European Union;
- Does not normally live in the Netherlands;
- Working in the Netherlands on a temporary basis.
The provisions of the Good Tenancy Act
- The landlord must not discriminate against the person seeking accommodation;
- The landlord must not threaten or intimidate the tenant;
- The landlord may require a deposit of up to 2 months’ basic rent;
- The landlord must draw up a written tenancy agreement;
- The landlord must provide tenants with clear information about:
- The tenant’s rights and obligations regarding the property. Including those not set out in the tenancy agreement.
- The amount of the deposit and when tenants get it back when the tenancy agreement ends.
- Contact details enabling the tenant to contact the landlord.
- Information about the reporting scheme for poor letting practices.
- Service charges: landlords must provide a full annual breakdown of the charges.
- The landlord shall not charge any service charges other than those provided for by law;
- The landlord must not charge (or arrange for the charging of) double agency fees;
- The rent must be within the maximum rent set by the Housing Valuation Scheme;
- The rent increase must be within the maximum rent increase limit;
- The landlord must draw up the tenancy agreement separately from the employment contract;
- The landlord must inform the tenant in writing in a language that the tenant understands.
Submitting an application:
The application must be submitted online via the ‘Apply’ button.
The application must be submitted by the landlord. The landlord is the party who enters into agreements with the tenant who actually lives there, and is the party who collects the rent. The landlord may be:
- Commercial and private landlords;
- A natural or legal person acting as a landlord.
The landlord applies for the letting licence once for all accommodation units. This also applies to temporary lets.
Please include the following information with your application:
- Details of the landlord and any property manager(s);
- Address details of the accommodation(s);
- A copy of the model tenancy agreement;
- Description of how you comply with the rules of good letting practice. Please see the National guidelines on good letting practice.
In addition, if the accommodation is a residential property:
- Proof of the current rent;
- An overview of the scoring system used by Huurprijscheck
If applicable, please also enclose:
- A list of any administrative fines and/or orders subject to a penalty payment imposed on you over the past 8 years;
- Notification of a decision by the local authority to take possession of the let property, addressed to you, as a result of conduct contrary to the rules of good letting practice.
- An environmental permit or an acknowledgement of receipt of an application for an environmental permit (see ‘Additional required permits and requirements’).
Questionnaire with annexes for the Bibob Act assessment:
- The local authority will assess the application in accordance with the Bibob Act. To this end, please submit the following, separately from this application: Bibob questionnaire (PDF, 1 MB) and attach the requested documents. As this involves confidential information, please use a secure file dropbox, namely crypt.apeldoorn.nl.
- For further information, see send via CryptShare (PDF, 1 MB) or visit our Bibob Act webpage.
- Please note: If you have already undergone the Bibob assessment as part of the environmental permit application for letting out rooms (conversion permit), you may refer to this and do not need to submit a new Bibob form.
- If the application is not submitted in full, we will ask you once to provide the missing information. If you fail to submit the requested information, submit it incompletely, or submit it after the deadline, the application will be rejected. Please note that, with regard to a request for additional information for the Bibob Act assessment, the following applies: failure to provide the information, providing it incompletely or providing incorrect information will be regarded as a ‘serious risk’ as referred to in Article 3 of the Bibob Act, and the licence applied for will be refused.
- The council assesses the application against the Apeldoorn Accommodation Regulations for Migrant Workers, the rules on good letting practice, and checks whether all other necessary permits are in place (see ‘Additional necessary permits and requirements’ below).
- You will receive our decision within 8 weeks. This period may be extended once by 6 weeks. Should the period be extended, you will be informed accordingly.
- The letting licence granted will be published.
- Interested parties (such as local residents) may lodge an objection within six weeks of the decision being published. If this happens, the local authority will reconsider the decision.
- The licence is valid indefinitely. We will continue to monitor compliance with the licence conditions.
- The letting licence is non-transferable.
Additional necessary licences and requirements.
Permits may still be required under other legislation and regulations in order to accommodate migrant workers. In this context, please bear in mind:
- An environmental permit for the use of land or buildings in contravention of the environmental plan;
- An environmental planning permission for the construction or alteration of a building. See Webpage: Building, refurbishing and renovating (and advertising);
- For 3 or more rooms: An environmental permit for letting rooms. See Webpage: Planning Permission for Room lettings.
- For 5 or more rooms: A notification of use for fire safety purposes under the Buildings and the Living Environment Decree (Bbl). If you have any questions regarding the fire-safe use of the premises, please contact us via the following email address: brandveiligheid@apeldoorn.nl;
- A building intended to house people must comply with the technical and fire safety requirements of the Decree on Buildings and the Built Environment. See also the central government website.
The future of letting accommodation
If you plan to let out more accommodation in the future, please ensure that these properties also comply with the requirements and conditions of the letting licence. This will prevent any undesirable situations being discovered during an unannounced inspection, which could lead to the revocation of the letting licence.
Reporting centre for issues with landlords
Within the municipality, there is a complaints hotline for issues with landlords set up. Here, tenants – including migrant workers – can report instances where landlords act in a manner that contravenes the rules of the Good Landlord Act.
Renting to migrant workers without a permit?
From 1 July 2026, every landlord must hold a letting licence and comply with the relevant conditions. If you let a property without a letting licence, enforcement action may be taken.
The local authority monitors compliance with the conditions of the licence and the letting of accommodation to migrant workers without a letting licence. The owner is always given the opportunity first to comply with the requirements at short notice. If this is not possible, or if a landlord disregards the requirements, we will take enforcement action, which may result in fines or, ultimately, the licence being revoked.
- €699 per application for 1 to 10 accommodation places
- €1,199 per application for 11 to 50 accommodation places;
- €1,799 per application for 51 or more accommodation places.