In 2023, 161 thousand social housing units became available where another household moved in. These are homes not shared by multiple households. Nearly 8 percent of these vacated social housing units were assigned to a household with a status holder. In the previous five years, this ranged between 4 and 7 percent.
Of all vacated social housing units, 4 percent went to status holders who received a residence permit in 2023 or were still residing in a reception center of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) at the beginning of that year. Another nearly 4 percent went to status holders who had a residence permit for more than a year. They no longer lived in a COA reception center. Municipalities are responsible for the initial housing of status holders.
Two out of three households that moved to social housing consisted of one person. Seven percent of these single-person households were status holders (7.4 thousand households), compared to 5 percent in 2022. For other types of households, the share with a status holder did not increase.
More than 64 percent of households with a status holder were first-time buyers on the housing market: they did not leave a free home behind after moving. In 2022, this was 62 percent. Another 19 percent moved from a home where other residents remained. Only 17 percent left a free home behind, compared to just over half of households without status holders.
Of all social housing units allocated to couples with children who did not leave a free home behind (almost 4.5 thousand), 56 percent were assigned to households with status holder(s). Single-person households without status holders left a home behind more than four times as often as single-person households with status holders.
The share of social housing allocated to status holders in 2023 varies by region. In Alkmaar and surroundings, this share is highest (13 percent), followed by Midden-Limburg and Flevoland (both 12 percent). In Delfzijl and surroundings, it is lowest at less than 2 percent.
In 2023, 265 thousand people moved into the 161 thousand vacated social housing units. Of these, 25 thousand people were status holders. At the individual level, a higher share of status holders moves to such a home (10 percent) than at the household level (8 percent). This is because households with a status holder are on average larger than households without a status holder.
At the end of 2023, there were 2.2 million social housing units. In over 48 thousand of these homes (2.2 percent of the total), a household with a status holder lived. Including former status holders who have since acquired Dutch nationality, nearly 169 thousand homes are inhabited by one or more (former) status holders. That is 7.8 percent of the total.
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