One question, every municipality

Buy-to-let protection by municipality

With buy-to-let protection (opkoopbescherming) a municipality bans letting a lower-priced home during the first years after purchase. Per municipality you see in which neighbourhoods, up to which WOZ value and for how long.

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Opkoopbescherming

A municipality can ban letting a lower-priced home in designated neighbourhoods during the first years after purchase. With a permit it is sometimes allowed.

The answer per municipality

As of 16 October 2026. Choose an answer to see only those municipalities.

In the whole municipality 1 municipality

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

MunicipalityRuleSource
Voorschoten
  • Price limit: €390,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, everywhere (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Voorschoten 2023, Artikel 12 · valid from 10 January 2025 · updated on 15 October 2026

This is a summary of the official rules, with the source. Read the source before you decide. It is not legal or tax advice.

Updated on 16 October 2026. As of 16 October 2026.

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