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.

In the whole municipality 13 municipalities

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

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

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

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

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

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Updated on 16 October 2026. As of 17 October 2026.

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