The consultation of the Regulation Adjustment Decision for rental regulation runs until August 25, 2025. After processing the responses, the minister will send the proposal to the House of Representatives. The intended date for the adjustments to take effect is January 1, 2026.

Three of the four measures fall within the WWS, the points system used to assess properties for a fair rental price. For the current WOZ cap, which limits the consideration of a high WOZ value in the rental price in popular locations, a price increase will apply. This will allow landlords to ask for the maximum rent at the original point total without these properties exceeding the mid-rent threshold into the free sector. Additionally, small national monuments will soon be valued more heavily in the WWS, and the 5 penalty points for the absence of outdoor space will be removed.

Landlords can only raise the rent to the new maximum if a new rental contract is signed. For existing tenants, the rent may be increased annually by the legally permitted percentage, allowing a landlord to gradually reach the new maximum amount. Thus, for these tenants, the rent cannot suddenly be raised to the new maximum rental price.

For all students, it should again be possible to sign a temporary rental contract. Currently, only students moving to the city where they will study can obtain a temporary contract. This will now also apply to students already living in the city, giving them a better chance of securing a room.

Temporary contracts offer landlords more flexibility and reduce the likelihood of properties being sold, a phenomenon known as out-ponden. Nearly half of the student housing nationwide is owned by private landlords.

The measures follow monitoring of the effects of recent rental legislation, including the Affordable Rent Act and the Fixed Rental Contracts Act, as well as tax changes in the rental market. It shows that the private rental market slightly shrank at the end of 2024. Given the high demand for affordable rental homes, the supply must actually grow. Particularly private landlords in cities are selling their homes because mid-rent has become less profitable for them, and selling the property at market price yields more. This exacerbates the significant shortage of affordable rental homes in the Netherlands.

The proposed changes from the Spring Memorandum have not been included in the Decision that is under consultation, after the House called for a motion to not proceed further with it. These measures will be further investigated, including with an eye towards a future cabinet. These included lowering the point threshold for mid-rent, giving greater weight to the WOZ value in the rental price, and exploring the possibility of exempting small landlords from rent regulation.