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Home › Property rules › Netherlands › Zuid-Holland › Buy-to-let protection by municipality
By municipality in Zuid-Holland

Buy-to-let protection by municipality in Zuid-Holland

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.

18municipalities with this rule
13read, not found
19not researched yet

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 17 October 2026. Choose an answer to see only those municipalities.

AllIn part of the municipality 5In the whole municipality 13Not found in the source 13Not researched 19

In part of the municipality 5 municipalities

  • Capelle aan den IJssel4 years, €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Gorinchem4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Rotterdam4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Schiedam4 years, €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Vlaardingen4 years, €330,000 (WOZ-waarde)

In the whole municipality 13 municipalities

  • Alblasserdam4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Bodegraven-Reeuwijk4 years, €329,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Delft4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Dordrecht4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Gouda4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Katwijk4 years, €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Leiden4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Leidschendam-Voorburg4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Papendrecht4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Rijswijk4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Sliedrecht4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Voorschoten4 years, €390,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Zwijndrecht4 years, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)

Not found in the source 13 municipalities

We read the bylaw of these municipalities and did not find the rule in it. A rule can also be in another document.

  • Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  • Hoeksche Waard
  • Krimpenerwaard
  • Midden-Delfland
  • Noordwijk
  • Oegstgeest
  • Pijnacker-Nootdorp
  • Waddinxveen
  • Wassenaar
  • Westland
  • Zoetermeer
  • Zoeterwoude
  • Zuidplas

Not researched 19 municipalities

We have not read these municipalities yet, so we do not know what applies there.

  • 's-Gravenhage
  • Albrandswaard
  • Alphen aan den Rijn
  • Barendrecht
  • Goeree-Overflakkee
  • Hardinxveld-Giessendam
  • Hillegom
  • Kaag en Braassem
  • Krimpen aan den IJssel
  • Lansingerland
  • Leiderdorp
  • Lisse
  • Maassluis
  • Molenlanden
  • Nieuwkoop
  • Nissewaard
  • Ridderkerk
  • Teylingen
  • Voorne aan Zee

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

MunicipalityRuleSource
Alblasserdam
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Gemeente Alblasserdam 2025, Artikel 4.2 · valid from 10 July 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Bodegraven-Reeuwijk
  • Price limit: €329,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026. This is 70% of that limit.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Verordening van de raad van de gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk houdende regels met betrekking tot het in gebruik nemen of geven van woonruimte en wijzigingen in de bestaande woonruimtevoorraad (Huisvestingsverordening Bodegraven-Reeuwijk 2023), Artikel 39 · valid from 24 June 2023 · updated on 16 October 2026

Capelle aan den IJssel
  • Price limit: €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)The national limit for an affordable home in 2026.
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Verordening toegang tot de woningmarkt Capelle aan den IJssel 2026, Artikel 5.1 · valid from 11 February 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Delft
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Delft 2023, Artikel 5:34 · valid from 14 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Dordrecht
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Dordrecht, Artikel 3.4 · valid from 17 April 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Gorinchem
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestigingsverordening Gorinchem 2024, wijzigingsbesluit, Artikel 1.2 · valid from 8 July 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Gouda
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Gouda 2023, Artikel 39 · valid from 3 May 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Katwijk
  • Price limit: €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)Price level of January 2021.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Katwijk, Artikel 33 · valid from 1 June 2023 · updated on 16 October 2026

Leiden
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchaseThe term set in article 41 of the Huisvestingswet.
  • 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, onderdeel woonruimtevoorraad, Leiden 2024, Artikel 7 · valid from 11 July 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Leidschendam-Voorburg
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Leidschendam-Voorburg 2023, Artikel 5:12 · valid from 16 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Papendrecht
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingverordening gemeente Papendrecht, Artikel 3.1 · valid from 24 June 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Rijswijk
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Rijswijk 2023, Artikel 5.16 · valid from 3 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Rotterdam
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchaseThe term set in article 41 of the Huisvestingswet.
  • Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Verordening samenstelling Woningvoorraad 2025, Artikel 2.6.1 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Schiedam
  • Price limit: €420,000 (WOZ-waarde)The national limit for an affordable home in 2026.
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Verordening beheer woonruimtevoorraad Schiedam 2024, Artikel 9b · valid from 9 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Sliedrecht
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingverordening gemeente Sliedrecht 2025, Artikel 3A.1 · valid from 8 July 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Vlaardingen
  • Price limit: €330,000 (WOZ-waarde)
  • Length of the ban: 4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
  • Letting ban: Ban, only in designated areas (Exceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Verordening beheer woonruimtevoorraad gemeente Vlaardingen 2025, Artikel 13 · valid from 31 October 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

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

Zwijndrecht
  • Price limit: €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
  • 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; with a permit from the municipality)

Source: Huisvestingsverordening gemeente Zwijndrecht, Artikel 3.1 · valid from 18 July 2025 · updated on 16 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 17 October 2026.

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