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 part of the municipality 5 municipalities

The rule per municipality

With the values and the source of each municipality.

MunicipalityRuleSource
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

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

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

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

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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