The Housing Corporations Authority (Aw) has conducted an Enforceability, Feasibility, and Fraud Resistance test (HUF test) on the bill amending the Housing Act and related laws in connection with the National Performance Agreements 2025–2035. The bill legally anchors various agreements in the National Performance Agreements 2025–2035, which set ambitions in housing construction, sustainability, affordability, and livability. The Aw supports the direction of these legislative changes but sees risks related to the limited rent sum increase.
The bill links the maximum rent sum increase to the average inflation over 3 years, providing more stability and predictability for the sector. The Aw views this positively but simultaneously points out that especially construction and maintenance costs for corporations are rising much faster than average inflation. The Aw expects these costs to continue rising faster in the future. Without additional compensation or financial space, the legal cap may limit the financial capacity of corporations and thus their ability to invest in, for example, new construction and sustainability. The Aw emphasizes that this tension must be considered in further policy development.
Furthermore, the Aw supports the introduction of a mandatory format for local performance agreements. This is a step towards more uniform data collection, allowing better monitoring of progress in, among other things, new construction. This aligns with an earlier recommendation from the Aw in the State of the Corporation Sector. It is important to ensure clear definitions that align with existing data flows (such as dPi and SBR) and to consider municipalities that record agreements only at the municipal level.
