Rent Benefit from the tax authority
Rent benefit (= housing allowance) is possible for all apartments from the age of 18. You can then receive a monthly amount between €295 and €510 from the Dutch tax authoritiy. The amount depends on your age and the amount of the rent. You can specify your preferences, such as the property type with different rental prices, in your profile.
Click here for an overview with all information about the rental allowance, how to make a test calculation and how to apply for the allowance (link opens in new tab)
Service costs
The following is all included in the advance payment for the service costs: internet, furniture and soft furnishing, utility costs and heating of your own apartment and the common areas, cleaning of the common areas and waste removal service. Check the furher specification here of the service costs.
You pay an advance every month for the service costs. In the spring of each year we list all actual service costs for of previous year. This is called the service costs settlement. Meters keep track of how much electricity, heat and water you have used. Depending on your consumption and the actual costs incurred for the other services, you may receive a refund or have to pay additional amount.
Municipal taxes
Municipal taxes are not included in the service costs. The water taxes need to be paid by you directly to water authority, but the waste taxes are exempted by the Municipality, since the waste is not collected by the Municipality Den Haag at the Torenstraat.
The prices
The monthly costs consist of the basic rent and the advance payment for service costs. In case you are eligible, you need to apply for housing allowance yourself at the tax authority (Belastingdienst). The one off costs you pay before moving consist of €50 administration costs and €1250 deposit. After you have moved out again, we will transfer the full deposit back to you, if you have left the apartment in decent order. The guarantor who has signed your guarantor form, which you are required to upload at your profile, will only be contacted in case you have a serious debt which you are not able to pay yourself timely.
Check the overview here of the specifications of the all the apartments and apartment-types
Check the overview here of the current rental points and associated maximum rental prices of the apartments
In case you want to live in the apartment together with your partner/friend, that’s possible. In that case we can compose a so called ‘allonge’ which we will sign with the co-tenant. With this document he/she can also register at the Municipality The Hague. We charge a one-off administration fee of €50 for this document.